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The Blame Game Part 2: Are you Blaming your Partner?
In our last tip I wrote about how it is so important to stop blaming yourself if you are perceived to be the one with the fertility issue. In this tip you will find one of the most important questions you can ask yourself about your relationship when you are experiencing fertility issues.
Last week I suggested to shift your focus from blame to responsibility and be committed to doing everything possible to improve your fertility. This tip will focus on what happens when you may...
A New Hormone and its Influence on Your Fertility (Plus More on the Mind/Body Connection)
First I wanted to share with you some interesting info about a hormone that is not considered hardly at all when investigating fertility issues, but recent studies have shown that it certainly plays a role in your fertility. The hormone is called leptin which was only discovered recently in 1994. I know I am getting old when 11 years ago seems recent!! :)
Leptin was shown in a small study from Harvard Medical School (sept 2004) to have a positive effect on resetting the female...
Letting Go of Anger to Improve you Health and Fertility
Let's continue our discussion on Anger and Fertility. Anger is a stimulant emotion. By this I mean it revs your body up. You tend to clench your teeth, tighten muscles, and some even get red in the face. Anger is normal and we all experience it. The problem comes in when we hold on to it.
As I have said previously many times, it is important to understand that it is okay to experience any negative emotion, including anger. Any negative emotion is just trying to...
Let Go of What is Negatively Impacting Your Fertility
In a previous tip, I talked about the importance of remembering the possibilities i.e. the possibility that women may actually regenerate their eggs and not only have a limited supply (Harvard Study March 2004).
When you are experiencing difficulty with fertility your life becomes filled with apparent limitations. We discussed the whole running out of egg theory, or maybe you are dealing with a low sperm count, recurrent miscarriages, unexplained infertility, secondary...
Focus on What You Have, Not What You Lack
In the US, Thanksgiving was just celebrated. This is a time when people eat a lot of turkey but hopefully take some time to reflect on what they are thankful for in their lives. It parallels what I talk about in the tips about looking at your life right now and being grateful for what you have instead of just focusing on what you lack. Focusing on what you lack can create anxiety, a feeling of separateness, depression, feeling out of control and in some cases feeling less...