IUI/IVF Support
Making the Connection
IVF cycles are extremely stressful. We know that mind body relaxation techniques can increase fertility rates by 30%.
Receive personalized mind/body/spirit relaxation, meditation recordings for every step of your IUI/IVF process
Learn how to connect with your body and work in cooperation with it and your unborn baby spirit during the various phases of the IVF process.
These sessions can be used as mini "phone card" support times during the IVF cycle.
Clients find this personalized support essential, especially during the sitting on your nest waiting time between IUI or embryo transfer and pregnancy testing.
Many clients undergoing IUI/IVF procedures grieve the loss of the essence of creating a baby from love making.
I have developed a menu of supportive actions and visualizations to support my clients via an IUI/IVF cycle to help them to infuse spirit, heart and love into the procedure.
Resource: Tele Class Audio: Miscarriage: It Is Not Just Bad Luck | Purchase
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A High FSH does not mean it is all over!
One of the most common inquiries I receive comes from women who have been told that their FSH is too high. As a result, many of these women have been erroneously told that their dream of having a biological child is over.
Unless you are having hot flashes and infrequent periods, an elevated FSH DOES NOT MEAN YOU CANNOT BECOME PREGNANT AND HAVE A HEALTHY CHILD!!!
All the FSH is telling your provider is how you will respond to the hormones administered during an IVF cycle used to stimulate your ovaries. Simply put, how likely it would be that an IVF cycle will be successful.
This is not an accurate determinant of your fertility.
Your FSH level changes every cycle. This blood test taken on the third day of your period, measures how much follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) you ovaries need to start developing an egg in your ovary.
Common explanations for why a FSH level is elevated can be the result of:
- a cycle in which you do not ovulate- normal for women over 32- this does not mean you are menopausal
- antidepressant use- some SSRI’s can elevate FSH
- an ovarian cyst
- and (most commonly) an elevated thyroid level (TSH level higher than 2.5)
In fact, FSH testing and results are considered to be less specific and more unreliable by many leading fertility specialists.
Instead they are using testing of AMH (Anti-Müllerian hormone) in order to share more specific information about ovarian reserve with their clients.
In my experience, I have worked with and witnessed numerous women conceive and have healthy pregnancies after experiencing an elevated FSH level.
This includes women who have previously had under gone a donor egg IVF pregnancy.
To learn more:
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Low sperm/High FSH information
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More reading about fertiliy:
- Fertility Introduction
- Fertility and the Mind/Body Connection Article (PDF)
- The Two-Week Wait Activity List-14 Things to Do When 14 Days Seem Like Forever
- Low Sperm/High FSH information
- "They're Playing Your Song" Article
- Baby Altar Interview
- Babymakers Essay by Kelly Stainback Tracy
- Taking the "In" Out of Infertility: Tips, Info, Dos & Don'ts
Read Success Stories here »
