The TTC struggle

I never thought I would ever be willing to get fertility tests / treatment done in order to have a child. I was completely fine with adopting if it just didn’t happen naturally. I wanted kids one day, but didn’t really care to have any soon. Until I had a miscarriage with an unplanned pregnancy a few years ago and ever since then I’ve had baby fever. My husband and I started TTC 1 year ago (I know that may not be long for a lot of people), and due to our first unplanned pregnancy, I never expected to have this much trouble trying. (I know, how stupid of me.) I wasn’t stressed or too worried about anything the first couple months. We weren’t doing anything special to conceive, just having unprotected sex often. But after a while, it really started affecting me negatively. It’s been a very emotional rollercoaster every cycle and now that we have reached the 1 year mark, I don’t know much longer I can handle this. Although, I know I can’t just turn off the desire to have a child.

So, I made my first appointment having to do with TTC with my OBGYN and am having my husband make an appointment with his family doctor. Should we cancel these appointments and go straight to a fertility specialist or is that unnecessary? What should we expect to hear during this appointment? What are the first tests they will have us do?

Thanks in advance.