Infertility, Stress and How Hypnosis Can Help
Stress and infertility, infertility and stress. It’s a vicious circle and can be difficult to over-ride. So we know that stress can play a part in the inability to achieve pregnancy and there may be no medical reason why you and your partner cannot conceive, each month that your period arrives compounds the stress. It is as if the universe is conspiring to flaunt pregnancy and early motherhood into your path at all times. You see mothers shouting at their children and it breaks your heart because you wouldn’t do that, she doesn’t deserve to be a mother, you think.
For many of us, you spend your 20s trying not to get pregnant but when, in your 30s, it is the only thing you can think about, failure to become pregnant can undermine your confidence. You may achieved all your other goals but this is something you have no control over.
Why can you do? Reducing the stress your mind and body are under needs to be addressed. When stressed, the body tightened up, inside and outside, so you can imagine what your poor ovaries are like, the pressure they are under! Hypnosis is a proven strategy to help reduce your stress and to relieve the mind of the constant thinking of achieving pregnancy. This is easier said than done but hypnosis really helps to put things into perspective especially if there is no medical reason for lack of conception.
With hypnosis, the relaxation of mind and body together is very powerful. You will feel a benefit straight away – giving your head some peace as it were. To remember what it was like to be the “fun” you. Because your personality does change when all you focus is on what you don’t have. Hypnosis allows you to imagine what pregnancy feels like and future pacing is very powerful because perhaps for the first time you can “allow” yourself to see beyond the conception. These visualizations are performed to set the scene for your subconscious mind – showing the subconscious what it is you really want and how happy and good it makes you feel. So rather than focusing on what is not happening and negativity of that, instead the focus is on seeing and feeling conception occur, the developing foetus, the scans and seeing the development of your baby, the birth and then your home with your new addition. Your subconscious mind does not know the difference between what is real or imagined and when you imagine and can see and feel the pregnancy, then the subconscious mind makes it so.
I offer a 4 step approach (each step may take one or more sessions):
1. Background and goals of therapy;
2. Beliefs and emotions;
3. Resolving inner conflicts;
4. Visualisation techniques.
This is to give you the best possible chance of conceiving.
I also offer a preparation programme for those already embarking on IVF as therapy is not advisable during treatment.
For appointments in Limerick, email me at zita@zitastanley.com or telephone 086 1038892
If you are unable to see me in person, please visit my colleagues at Hypnosis Downloads.
