I'm entering into cycle 6 but have been ttc since January. For various reasons, we've had to miss a few cycles which has meant more time has passed than I would've liked. My GP has been kind enough to do a few initial tests due to my history, which includes a ruptured ovarian teratoma which was removed but temporarily caused both my fallopian tubes to block as well as family history of early menopause (around age 35 for my mum). I have also had more painful periods and pains throughout my cycle and they discovered a small fibroid in my uterus. My DH has not been tested, but in the past we had one SA which was very poor and indicated we would need ICSI. We got pregnant back then after two cycles following a hycosy to check my tubes again (cleared after some treatment) and so we wrote that off as perhaps a bad sample.
Fast forward five years and I'm now 35 and DH 41. DH thinks I'm mad to say we should hurry up getting our tests and think about our options. I'm not at all believing it's impossible to get pregnant, but I'd rather get more answers while we keep trying. I do think we maybe needed to dtd a bit more some months, but we were always in the window with a shot, at least, based on times I normally ovulate.
I'm kind of at a loss. Don't know if I should just start with NHS and get the ball rolling, or give it a few months and then maybe go private where things would be quicker. I'm also worried if DH gets another bad SA that even though it gives answers he'll get really stressed about it which won't help with ttc. Honestly for me testing stresses me as well so I'm a bit afraid of starting testing too.