Fertility Road Issue 44 May/June 2018

BODY
so it gies you time to fous o te oter good
tigs i your life ad ea oter
Plan in quality time together
ae time to do tigs togeter as a oule
were you a fous o your relatiosi oo
a date igt or a weeed away were you dot
tal aout te issues ad ust relaae fu
togeter f moey is tigt it doest ae to e
aytig eesie fid laes tat are free
ad ae some day tris togeter
Create a list of things used to do/enjoy
together and do them
ryig to oeie ad goig troug fertility
treatmet a ofte limit te tigs you do weter
tat is goig out for a few dris to limit alool
itae aoidig streuous eerise or geerally ot
feelig i te mood to go ad do tigs
i aout te tris ad atiities you used
to eoy doig togeter ad mae lie a uet
list of laes to see tigs to do atiities to
try ad te wor your way troug te list
la i te dates you are goig to do tem ad
wor tem aroud your treatmeteeted
eriod date to gie you sometig to loo
forward to e list may eed moderatig
sligtly to aommodate treatmet et ut
ee it tigs you will loo forward to
Accept that you may cope differently
ot assume you ow ow your arter is
feelig you may ae differet ways of oig
wit te ifertility ad te roess so you
eed to disuss tis so you dot feel lie your
arter ist as otered y it as you are tey
may ust e oig differetly
llow ea oter time ad sae to deal wit
your emotios aroud it i your ow way
eset tat you may ot e dealig wit it
i differet ways ad e tere to suort i
wieer way is eeded
Keep talking
alig to ea oter is oe of te most imortat
tigs you a do tell ea oter ow you are
feelig aout te roess e oest tat way
you a wor togeter to get troug it ad
suort ea oter i te way you eed it llow
ea oter to ae your tur to tal witout
iterrutio to mae sure te oersatio stays
alm ad you ot feel listeed to
Have some support other than each other
ly aig ea oter to tal to a ut a lot
of strai o te relatiosi ad may lead to
oe or ot of you oldig a o ow you
feel so as ot to uset your arter ts really
imortat to tal troug eatly ow you are
feelig so you a roess it so ti aout wo
you feel omfortale talig to it ould e a
lose family memer or fried a rofessioal or
suort grou lso eourage your arter to
do te same
f eiter of you dot feel omfortale talig
to someoe else you ould try writig it i a
oural tat you ee riate tat way you a
at least tat way you are gettig your tougts
ad fears out of your ead
f your arter is feelig deressed oerwelmed
or aious aout te situatio a metal ealt
rofessioal a el eourage tem to see
el from a ifertility ousellor or oa wo
are traied to suort idiiduals ad oules
dealig wit ifertility ad fertility treatmet
Don't just have baby making sex
e you are tryig to oeie se a
eome ery routie ad o demad its taes
all te fu out of it we you are tryig to do
it at te rigt time ad it a reate ressure to
erform t is reommeded tat you ae se
regularly trougout te mot rater ta
ust oetratig o we you are oulatig
ad tis also esures tat tere ist a ressure
o a few attemts ad maes you ot feel tat
you are doig it eause you wat to ad ot
eause you sould e
f you fid tat te fertility issues are affetig
your relatiosi it may e wortwile
osiderig taig a sort rea from treatmet
to reidle te romae ad rememer wat it
is tat you loe aout ea oter
ememer you were a oule i loe efore you
were a oule strugglig to oeie ateer
aes wit treatmet you still ae ea
oter mae sure you wor togeter to ee your
artersi strog so tat you are i a etter
lae to suort ea oter o tis ourey
ara as is a ertility oa ad metor
wo wors wit fertility rofessioals to
eae teir atiet eeriee ad suess
rates e els tem uderstad ow
atiets feel te emotioal suort tey eed
ad els imlemet suort strutures
e also wors o a to asis wit wome
strugglig to oeie to imroe teir
emotioal state ad irease teir aes
of gettig regat or furter iformatio
otat er o sarah@sarahbanks.coach
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uriig ifertility
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