3/8/2017 0 Comments mindfulness during ivfI've been participating in a MBSR (mindfulness based stress relief) program since I started my IVF treatment. It's a nine week program, in which I've committed to attending a three hour class a week, meditating for 45 minutes a day and attending a day-long retreat (which I did on Sunday). This wasn't a part of my IVF treatment - I was actually on a waiting list to do this course for several months - but I have to say, it was a very happy coincidence (non coincidence?) that it happened to fall at the same time as my treatment.
I didn't do any reading about the correlation of meditation and IVF success rates until just now, but it actually increases the chances significantly. The science behind mindfulness meditation shows that it helps with a number of different diseases and illnesses (not just mental health issues) and that's just one of the reasons to do it. During IVF, I found my mediation practice to be sacred. It helped with the uncertainty, the physical and emotional side effects and it gave me something to channel all that energy into. I have cut down on anything I used to use to react to stress (alcohol, sugar, etc) and meditation helped me deal with it in a healthy way. Here are some meditations that might be useful Also, this app has thousands of meditations
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