Getting Pregnant - How to Improve your Fertility
Stephen Todd
Are you finding it difficult to become pregnant? If so you can do
many simple things to improve your chances of conception, the way
we live can have a big effect on the reproductive system of both
men and women.
You may both have to change your life-style to incorporate
healthy influences, and eliminate things you enjoy that reduce
your fertility.
Increasing your fertility outcome is something you can both do
for unexplained infertility. You can make sure you and your
partner are eating healthily, and eliminate habits that may lower
your chances of conceiving.
You can make sure your weight is within the range that is helpful
for conceiving.
You can make sure you incorporate a regular gentle exercise
program into your daily life such as walking; cycling or
swimming, being fit and active is beneficial for fertility.
Stress
Stress can have a big effect on fertility. Stress hormones affect
the hypothalamus and pituitary glands and reproductive organs. In
women under stress, the reproductive hormone prolactin is over-
produced and this can interfere with ovulation. The hypothalamus
stops secreting gonadotrophin hormone, which in turn will affect
the release of both the luteinizing hormone and follicle-
stimulating hormone. As these hormones stimulate ovulation -
fertility is affected.
Self help for stress is regular exercise, deep breathing
techniques, hypnotherapy and visualization - we use a combined
approach at the Hypnospot clinic for the treatment of
infertility:
* Nutrition
* Acupuncture
* Hypnotherapy
Fertility is a whole-body event, not something that happens just
in our reproductive organs - that is why we use a holistic
approach. There may be a need for more fertility awareness and
lifestyle changes to improve the chances of starting the
pregnancy, or there may be a need for nutritional supplements,
relaxation and de-stressing techniques, acupuncture, and massage.
Alcohol
Alcohol can jeopardize pregnancy. According to some studies, the
risk of miscarriage appears to increase with moderate drinking
during the first three months of pregnancy, particularly in the
first weeks.
Smoking
Women who smoke are more likely to take longer to conceive, they
have an increased risk of miscarriage, and lower oestrogen and
progesterone levels.
Men who smoke are likely to have decreased sperm density, less
motile sperm, reduced testosterone, and an increase in abnormal
sperm.
These risks for both men and women increase with the number of
cigarettes smoked.
Nutrition
You should not overlook nutrition in fertility treatment – it is
important to have a good level of nourishment that will allow
your body to function well.
Bad eating habits can lower the reserves of nutrients that are
necessary for reproductive hormone systems to work properly.
Your hormonal balance and fertility are affected by what you eat,
your nutrient levels and how well your digestion works.
If you are short of essential fatty acids, vitamin A, vitamin B6,
zinc, magnesium, and antioxidants, then your hormone production
may be blocked -resulting in an imbalance that makes conception
less likely.
Acupuncture
Have you ever wondered about the treatment of infertility with
traditional medicine and acupuncture?
Good candidates for trying medical acupuncture are people who
have unexplained infertility - acupuncture is effective for
balancing the body’s energies and raising the receptiveness of
the body for conception.
Men and women with a physical problem, such as damaged fallopian
tubes, or a low sperm count, would be encouraged to try
acupuncture in addition to their medical treatment.
When skillfully applied, acupuncture is effective in correcting
many of the imbalances that underlie the complex physical and
hormonal disorders that lead to a reduction in fertility.
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is exceptionally beneficial for unexplained
infertility.
Hypnotherapists are already using Hypnotherapy to help women give
birth peacefully, and teaching them that a normal birth should be
a calm and natural process.
At the Hypnospot Clinic we teach simple but specialised
relaxation, and breathing, and other techniques, making the whole
birth easier and more comfortable.
With unexplained infertility, hypnotherapists do the same sort of
thing, teaching you to let go of the stress you have been holding
on to, using specialised relaxation, and breathing techniques.
Hypnotherapy teaches you to let go of any emotional blocks or
worries you may have that can create infertility issues –
Hypnotherapy can help you identify and process emotional issues
that might be interfering with conception.
In addition to dealing with deep-seated fears, hypnotherapy is
effective in stress reduction, and this in turn allows for
hormonal rebalancing. This has been seen in cases where there is
too much prolactin being produced which can inhibit ovulation.
In a relaxed environment at our clinic, we work together to bring
about positive attitudes and beliefs.
It is very useful in enabling clients to imagine and create
positive outcomes – from being able to see themselves pregnant to
being able to visualize embryos embedding while undergoing egg
harvesting or implantation in IVF.
You can give your unconscious mind free rein here and allow
yourself to be creative, free, and prepared to follow your
heart’s wishes.
To learn more about infertility and hypnobirthing hypnotherapy
please visit the HypnoSpot web site:
http://www.HypnoSpot.co.uk
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