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A Positive Preconception
Battling Negative Thinking While Trying to Conceive
By Teri Brown
Dr. Carrie Jones is a naturopathic physician specializing in women's heath at Northwest Gynecology Associates in Hillsboro, Ore. She believes that staying positive is vital for a woman's physical and emotional well-being. "Staying positive reinforces to your body healthy thoughts and emotions," she says. "Positive thinking attracts positive actions into one's life. Negativity is a stress on the body, and stress hormones really play into the role of fertility. It's the idea of fight or flight. Our bodies weren't designed to become pregnant while running from the saber toothed tiger way back when. Now, the tiger has changed into job stress, money stress, family stress, unhealthy lifestyle stress and even negative emotion stress. When conception becomes stressful the body recognizes that as a 'fight or flight' emotion and reacts accordingly."
Jones believes that if the emotions running through a woman's body are ones of frustration, anger, hopelessness, blame and sadness then that's what you're going to get. Combating negativity and staying positive during preconception, even through assisted reproductive therapy (ART), can go a long way in keeping your stress levels down. Holistic thought believes that keeping your stress levels down can make pregnancy more likely.
Jones gives the following tips on combating negative thinking while trying to conceive:
- Take time for yourself every day. Even if it's five or 10 minutes where you put your feet up and zone out, it allows your body a quick recharge. When your life centers around trying to conceive the focus changes to the end result instead of the process. Don't forget you are a part of the process, and it's important you remain healthy, clear and balanced.
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