Zita Stanley

It was with interest I read an article in 11th August 2008 Irish Independent Health and Living Supplement about fertility coaching. Have you noticed that when trying to get pregnant or having suffered miscarriage, all you see and hear are babies and pregnant women. It is like the universe has conspired to rub your face in something you do not have. No doubt mothers will be shouting at children or you see very young looking pregnant girls and you think “why them”, “they don’t even want their children”. It gets harder and harder to see anything else - waiting each month and the disappointment when you know you are not pregnant. It is no wonder you are stressed. Mental and physical stress wears out you and imagine what this pressure does to your ovaries - it’s like the tighten up because the rest of you is tightly wound up. Even the very act of baby making is pressure - am I pregnant now? legs up to help the sperm travel? Your personality changes, there is no joy because you are consumed with becoming pregnant or the lack of pregnancy and yet there is nothing wrong with you or your partner.

With hypnosis, you can learn to relax mentally and physically. Let the mental tiredness disappear, so that you start to put things in perspective. Hypnosis can help you to visualise a  baby in your future so that there is hope that is not tainted with fear of failure.  Feeling the contentment without sadness is a stepping stone to relaxing your reproductive system.

Another session will be visualizing your egg accepting your partner’s sperm and the union making a baby.

As not every couple will become parents, an important question to ask yourself is “will you both be content and happy in a family of just 2″.  If planning IVF, the stress alone needs a very strong relationship.

Let hypnosis help you to unwind and ease your mind from the stress of not being pregnant.

Tags: Anxiety, Fertility, Women's Issues //