After pregnancy, anxiety about infertility is the main reason women of childbearing age consult their GP. One in three women experience problems in getting pregnant, with seven out of 10 childless women over 30 worrying that they are infertile.
In their anxiety to beat the biological clock, many couples may be opting unnecessarily for assisted conception before they have exhausted natural alternatives that cost less in time, money and emotion.
So, if your new year's resolution was to get pregnant in 2010, here are some ways to improve your chances with none of the expense, side-effects or hassle of IVF.
As the joke goes, keep on trying normal conception methods -- in the kitchen, the bathroom, the garden shed, anywhere you fancy. If you've been on the Pill or are trying for a baby in your late twenties or your thirties, it's normal for conception to take some time -- and you might as well enjoy the wait. After six months of trying, 60pc of couples have conceived. After a year this rises to 80pc.
By Jane Feinmann © Herald.ie 2008
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