Infertility or impaired fecundity (ability to carry a child to term) can be utterly heartbreaking. And they affect over 7 million American women – or about 12% of us. And moms who secretely suffer from secondary infertility find little support or acknowlegment. Since they have a child the second or third child they are not able to conceive is not supposed to be “heartbreaking.”
I interviewed Amy Pearson, of Bloom Life Design and she is a fertility expert – from a coaching point of view. She knows from her own infertility hell – 6 years – how much havoc the disappointment, the struggle… the BATTLE! can wreak on your spirit, your mind and ironically your body, making it harder to conceive. Here’s Amy’s 8 Gr8 Tips in brief… you can hear them discussed at more length in the 8 minute clip: 8 GR8 Tips for Overcoming Infertility or the full length radio show: GR8Mom Radio – Overcoming Infertility (48 minutes).
8 GR8 Tips for Overcoming Infertility
- Be kind to yourself.
- Adopt a “give” and a “take” attitude toward health regimes and decisions.
- Beware of dichotomous thinking. It’s not all black and white.
- Nothing is forever. Don’t fall prey to the illusion of fixed condition.
- Frame your struggle as temporary in your thinking and your speech. Don’t say “I’m infertile.” Say something more like: “I’m increasing my fertility chances everyday.”
- Find support.
- Connect to your body – make friends. Your body is on your side.
- Seek the relaxation response. Please say: “Just relax” and you could scream! Instead of feeling challenged by this admonition, take a daily habit of finding and feeling a truly relaxed state.
Great tips and a great show and conversation with Amy. You can find her at bloomlifedesign.com
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