Infertility and the Mind/Body Connection

Optimistic conclusions about infertility:

• Infertility is no ones fault.
• Only 3% of all couples with infertility need advanced reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization to get pregnant.
• Research demonstrates the earlier you take action to deal with infertility, the better are your chances of success.
• Reducing stress, anxiety and depression increase conception rates in infertile couples.
• Mind/Body medical programs for infertility reduce stress, anxiety and depression.
• Mind/Body medical programs for infertility are available and affordable.
• Meditation, yoga, and breathing exercises are simple and effective ways to reduce stress and depression. Once you learn them, they cost nothing.
• A Harvard Medical School study found a 55% viable pregnancy rate in women who participated in a Mind/Body medical program. (Domar, et al, April 2000 Fertility and Sterility)