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The Power of Positive Thinking for Fertility

a blog by Joanne Verkuilen, Founder, Circle+Bloom, May 17, 2013

Stress negatively impacts our fertility. And unfortunately, stress is compounded when we try to conceive month after month, creating a downward spiral that is difficult to break.

Studies actually show women who are experiencing problems getting pregnant have similar levels of depression and anxiety as those suffering with life-threatening diseases like cancer or heart disease. This makes sense to us because infertility impacts every facet of ones life, similar to life-threatening diseases.

Substance In Mammalian Semen May Have A Direct Effect On The Female Brain

Medical News Today,  Aug 21, 2012

An international team of scientists led by Gregg Adams at the University of Saskatchewan has discovered that a protein in semen acts on the female brain to prompt ovulation, and is the same molecule that regulates the growth, maintenance, and survival of nerve cells.

Male mammals have accessory sex glands that contribute seminal fluid to semen, but the role of this fluid and the glands that produce it are not well understood.

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Needle Solution?

kulr8.com,  Mar 22, 2012

The ancient practice of acupuncture might help some women who are undergoing fertility treatment to get pregnant. Acupuncture has become more popular in the United States in recent years. According to a new study, it might improve women's chances of success with in-vitro fertilization.

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Infertile Women Sing Acupuncture's Praises

The Tennessean,  Aug 9, 2011
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Brooke Akin underwent three rounds of artificial insemination at $3,000 a pop. She took fertility drugs that made her feel moody. Yet, after three and a half years of trying, she still wasn’t pregnant. Akin, 29, of Hermitage, says her doctor recommended that she undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF), which costs roughly $15,000. But after some initial skepticism, Akin decided to put modern medicine aside and try the ancient practice of acupuncture. She was pregnant after three months.

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Stress and Fertility Treatment

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Research shows mind/body programs can improve infertility treatment success rates

If you have read any news reports about stress and fertility treatment during 2011, you can’t help but be confused. Headlines range from “Study seeks to dispel stress myth in IVF treatment” to “Stress relief may improve IVF success.”

The relationship between stress and fertility is a controversial one, according to Alice Domar, Ph.D., Director of Mind/Body Services at Boston IVF.

But even though a recent meta-analysis of 14 studies, published in February’s British Medical Journal, did not observe a significant relationship between distress levels and outcome, Domar says there is a large body of research —including her own most recent study published in Fertility and Sterility — that has found relationships between distress levels and the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF).

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Mind-Body Programs Boost Pregnancy Rates for IVF Patients

Time,  May 17, 2011
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A new study published online in the journal Fertility and Sterility found that women who participate in mind-body training have a significantly higher pregnancy rate than women who don't undergo training: 52 percent compared to 20 percent.

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Stress as an Infertility Factor Stirs Debate

Montreal Gazette,  May 17, 2011
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Experts have long debated whether stress affects the pregnancy rate, but psychologist Jacky Boivin argues that stress has been present throughout human history, and that even in war, famine and poverty women get pregnant.

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Relaxation Techniques May Help Fertility

UPI,  April 15, 2011
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Couples undergoing fertility treatments and trying to conceive a baby are urged to ease the anxiety and reduce stress, a U.S. reproductive specialist says. Dr. Ellen Wilson of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas says it's not clear whether anxiety affects the outcome, but tension can influence how prepared couples are to receive an infertility diagnosis and complete treatment.

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Fertility Success through Visualization

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The mind-body connection helps infertility patient get pregnant

a blog by Joanne Verkuilen, Founder, Circle+Bloom, January 19, 2011

In my last blog post, I talked about how to try to control the elephant inside to make real and lasting changes that you desire. It takes an understanding of how our mind works and then taming the beast to be the CEO of your life.

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Fertility Treatments and the Holidays

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Calling in abundance when you're feeling the pressure

by Kristen Magnacca, December 6, 2010


Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
Wayne Dyer

So the holiday season is upon us and perhaps we feel as though we’re channeling Santa by making a list and checking it twice to get ourselves organized for the festivities.

Or maybe you’re just not feeling it yet?

The shopping, wrapping, tinsel, sparkling lights, fertility shots, blood work, vaginal ultrasounds, embryo transfers and artificial (intrauterine) inseminations are activities that just seem as though they don’t go together. And there is certainty not a catchy holiday song that incorporates them all!

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