Most important thing that doctors may not be telling you is that you are losing time and money.
Step 1
You must do checks to make sure your parts are ready for pregnancy. You save more time this way.
AMH test, Blood Test
Polyps and Fibriods checked
Fallopian tube checked
Genetics check
Sperm count, mobility checked
Things you will find it harder to check
Thickness of the egg, where sperm have a problem penetrating.
Rare genetic disorder
Implantation Disorders (say you are missing a protein that placenta cannot develop in week 9)
Sperm swimming through mucus and surviving the journey to the egg ( can be solved with IVF)
However, if you decide to try naturally, you could be missing several important issues that can damage your momentum and confidence needed to handle this journey. Issues such as polyps that causes miscarriage, patient lack a chemical that causes a failure of placenta to develop at week 9, immature eggs being released, womb issues, genetic defects, sexually transmit diseases, other immunity disorders, implantation issues or fallopian tube blockage.
One patient paid $13,000 to extract her eggs only to find out that her eggs are not mature and cannot mature, therefore her eggs are no use.
Therefore, it is a small investment to make, to save you heartache to work with your doctor to first establish if all your parts are working and get it fixed.
Like a car, your parts need diagnosis and a bit of fixing to get it started especially if you are of advanced age (35 and above for women).
OR
You can go ahead and try.
Advantage – It is cheaper
Disadvantage
Time – If you are closing 40 years old, say 38, then you are wasting precious time.
Painful Experience – You might experience painful miscarriage which can be avoided. It is unnecessary to go through predictable miscarriages.
For example, if you have certain type polyps or fibroids, you will most definitely miscarry.