NHS Fertility Doctor Says Women 'Should Start Trying by 30' as Problems Can Take Years to Resolve

Dr Geeta Nargund, a consultant gynaecologist at St George’s Hospital in London, advised that women should begin trying for a baby before they are 30, as problems with pregnancy usually take 5 years to resolve.

Professor Allan Pacey, the outgoing chair of the British Fertility Society agreed with this view: "You need to be trying by 30 because if there is a problem and you need surgery, hormones or IVF, then you’ve got five years to sort it out," he said.

"If a woman starts trying at 35, doctors have got to sort it out when she is already on a slippery fertility slope."