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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: For everyone who chimed in essentially saying 'you're 40 and the only way you're going to have a baby is by IVF', well, I guess that's your opinion. I'm considering IVF, but IVF rates for women over 40 are terrible. It's generally around a 10-15% live birth rate, which equals 85-90% chance of failure for a given cycle.  For those of us who have to self-pay and are looking at potentially 6 cycles to get pregnant (at 15-20k/cycle), along with the many risks of the meds used, I don't think it's so crazy to try and 1) identify factors besides age and 2) find and try the simpler possible solutions for a few cycles, before going to IVF. I got pregnant naturally a few months ago and miscarried, so I know it's not impossible, just less likely as we age. Books like 'making babies' (co-authored by a big-shot RE and a TCM practitioner)  and TCOYF name routine tests to be done - like a post-coital test to see if the sperm are surviving in your CM or serial progesterone tests, to see if your progesterone is too low. These are two issues that can be dealt with fairly simply. Or assessing whether the luteal phase is too short. But fertility clinics have no interest in these simple sorts of tests and treatments. Factors like low progesterone also would make IVF less than optimal given that it would contribute to implantation issues. I'm not suggesting sitting around and staring at a BBT chart, but taking into account a spectrum of factors and looking at evidence a doctor collects and a woman collects about herself. It seems reasonable and, actually, responsible, but fall outside of RE's protocol.  [/quote]

Yes, but it could also be something different. Like a polyp preventing implantation. Or your thyroid. Or Ashermans. Or something else. Charts and postcoital tests dont tell you any of that. You need a full diagnostic with an RE.  Books are for those who would probably be able to conceive anyhow given enough time.  I (at 41) needed a surgery before I could conceive and carry a pregnancy.  You can read books, but you also need to be fully tested, not just pick-and-choose whatever you happen to read about it.

Getting fully tested is your best bet.  What you do with that info is up to you. If you can't afford IVF you can do Clomid and/or IUIs. 
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