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Trying To Conceive Can Be Stressful
Those of you are who are embarking on the trying to conceive journey for the first time, this can be exciting, scary, nerve wracking and everything in between. What most couples are not prepared for even if they know that one time can get you pregnant - that is not always the case when you're trying to become pregnant. Most couples are not prepared for the  stress that comes from not getting pregnant as soon as you hope and the stress that comes with trying to conceive. Sometimes couples are spending a crazy amount of money on fertility products each month, failed cycles, and starting over for the next month. After doing this for a few months, couples can start to feel impatient. After doing it for several months, couples can start to feel burned out. If a seemingly healthy couple goes pass 12 months of trying to conceive and is being refereed to a specialist, presented with least to most expensive fertility options, can create stress with not becoming pregnant, coping with fertility issues, and financial stress over fertility treatments and procedures.  Now, this might not be your first time truing to conceive. However, after successfully being pregnant and delivering and raising a baby, you might have forgotten how stressful this journey can become. And maybe you've had an easy and short journey with conceiving your other child / children and may discover that sometimes journeys can become different, longer, harder, and more stressful.

Manage Your Stress
Even if you know what to expect with trying to conceive or learning, make sure to take the time to manage your stress. It is said that stress is frequently a result of infertility and trying to conceive can  sometimes be the cause of that stress. That stress can sometimes affect a woman's mental health, especially if it is not managed properly. Women can also have stress past the trying to conceive stage. Some women can have depression during and after pregnancy, and some may have mild to severe postpartum depression.


How Stress Affects Fertility
According to Baby Center, "If you're stressed out, you may ovulate later in your cycle or not at all. It's important to know the difference between sudden and constant stress. The body acclimates to constant, every day stress. With every day stress, it says you should ovulate fairly regularly. Sudden stress like death and divorce can throw your cycles off and interfere with ovulation. They also say it depends on the woman. Some women say even a trip out of town can delay ovulation while other women have said traumatic incident did not affect their cycles. Good stress is also said to affect a woman's cycle. For example, brides who are happily stressed with their weddings have reported strange cycles. An interesting point this article makes I relate to women not breastfeeding, is that delayed ovulation lengthens your cycle length, but should not shorten your luteal phase."

Article: Can Stress Get In The Way Of Getting Pregnant

According to Web Md, "Doctors are looking at stress again and "trying too hard" may play a role in up to 30% of all infertility problems. What they do know is when stress reducing techniques are applied, something happen in some women that allows them to become pregnant when they could not become pregnant before. Some thoughts are stress reduction may increase blood flow to the uterus and reducing stress may help enhance protein within the uterine lining. Stress also plays a role in the success of infertility treatments. After administering a questionnaire to test the stress levels of their patients, researchers found on those who scored high - highest level of stress, ovulated 20% less eggs than women who were less stress. " 

Article: Stress & Fertility



Bibliography

  Bouchez, Colette. WebMD. "Stress and Infertility." WebMD. 2015. Web. 11 Mar. 2015. <http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/features/infertility-stress>.

 Weschler, Toni. "Can Stress Get in the Way of Getting Pregnant? | BabyCenter." BabyCenter. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Mar. 2015. <http://www.babycenter.com/404_can-stress-get-in-the-way-of-getting-pregnant_1336350.bc>.
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