When you’re trying for a baby, you may be feeling anxious and stressed about why it’s not happening. Lovemaking can become mechanical and routine - and frankly dull.

For the best chance of conception, you need to recapture the joyful and carefree sex you enjoyed when you first got together. So says Dr Allan Pacey, secretary of the British Fertility Society, in an Observer article in March.

Men produce around 250 million sperm during intercourse. With greater stimulation and a few minutes more sexual activity before ejaculation, this can increase by 25 million, according to Dr Pacey. Not only that, but sperm have been found to be healthier and higher quality which can help conception.

For women, reaching orgasm isn’t just about pleasure. They too can increase their fertility as muscular contractions and pressure changes can help draw sperm up into the cervix and the uterus.

So don’t limit yourselves to scheduled sex. Remember that you have a loving relationship, take pleasure from one another, and you never know what might happen!