Fertility Anxiety

The NHS says one in seven couples will have fertility issues, but 84% will conceive naturally within a year. Why do so many drive themselves to despair presuming it will be an impossible feat?

Millennials aren’t getting any younger and the WhatsApp baby announcements are picking up at a ferocious pace (I’ve had eight in five months). For some, these are hard-won, exhausting journeys that have finally borne fruit. For others, it has all been – well – much simpler than they feared. The NHS says that one in seven couples will have fertility issues – a number that is rising, and is undoubtedly awful for those who go through it – but 84 per cent of couples will conceive naturally within a year of regular, unprotected sex. Why then, do so many drive themselves to despair presuming it will be an impossible feat?