What I've always said

http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d223

As we've discussed on many occasions, despite what your friends, your mother, your husband, your doctor and the stranger in the supermarket will say,

THERE IS NO DEMONSTRABLE LINK BETWEEN STRESS AND YOUR ABILITY TO CONCEIVE*, EVEN THROUGH IVF

There you go. I shouted.

* PS unless you are anovulatory, in which case stress may be a cause of your lack of ovulation. But for everything else, there is no link. And if you are anovulatory and you're doing IVF, then IVF is fixing your problem for you, so STRESS IS NOT THE ISSUE.

 

 

Comments

[Betty M]

Absolutely!
The only stress that I believe has any effect on fertilisation is the one that comes of being so sick of infertility death march sex that you can't face having sex at the optimum moments.

[Tiffanni]

I saw this article too! I hope the word gets out.

[Bea]

Keep saying it. There are a lot of ignorant people in the world.

Bea

[LutC]

Saw this reported on the BBC website and elsewhere.

Now for a nice slogan to put on a t-shirt.
I propose:
"Relaxing is futile*. Tell your friends."
*as a cure for IF.

[Joey]

A-MEN!

Thanks so much for writing and sharing. Found this blog helpful too:
http://thechildlessmom.blogspot.com

Please keep posting! It is nice to know we aren't alone!

-Joey