Infertility and Beyond

Sometimes they tell you it is because of your age (women are waiting longer to have children), sometimes it is a medical problem, sometimes it is due to stress (who isn’t stressed these days?) and sometimes it is one of those “unexplained” reasons but the results are all the same: infertility. This is an extremely stressful situation to be in. 
  • Emotional support
  • Getting through painful miscarriages
  • Sorting out what the doctors are telling you
  • Exploring alternative therapies
  • Figuring out if surrogacy, sperm donation or living childfree is right for you
  • Coping with social situations
  • How to cope with family pressure
  • Combating cultural issues
  • You have gone through so many pregnancy tests that you’ve lost count ages ago
  • You live by your monthly cycle (or lack thereof)
  • You have suffered a miscarriage (or more) and cannot get over the loss
  • You have gone through testing and medication and are frustrated at the invasiveness and results
  • Your spouse/partner does not understand what you are really going through
  • You might have been lucky the first time and had a child but now you cannot conceive
  • You have taken the medical road as far as possible. Now you are thinking about exploring  alternative methods including, adoption, surrogacy, sperm donation, or childfree.
  • Family gatherings, baby showers and even other children have become hard to tolerate
  • Your partner is the one with the problem and you do not know how to support them
  • How do you tell your partner you do not want children?
These are just some of the issues faced by those going through infertility; there are many other areas such as career, cultural issues and social expectations that also play a part in dealing with infertility. There is hope. 

A Harvard study placed a group of women who had been trying to conceive for one to two years in a 10-week support group. A year later, these women had twice the viable pregnancies than a control group that received no support. Other studies show similar findings. 

What does that mean for you? Having a support system in place such as a fertility coach is beneficial to getting pregnant. Other benefits include:
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It not only affects you physically but mentally as well.  It seeps in to every part of your life. Some have compared infertility to grieving, because of the depth of loss and control you feel. See if you   can relate to any/many of these situations:
"My husband and I struggled with infertility for several years and had lost all hope until we met Coach Naureen and Coach Mike.  They helped us understand eachother better and really helped reduce our stress, especially because they had been there themselves."  "Thanks so much!" -- Bree and Ivan, Houston, TX
"Adopting is never an easy decision but our coach at Lifeology helped us sort through all our options." -- Bill and Vis, Toronto, Ontario