Hello once again infertility fighters after yesterday’s post about the civil action lawsuit that was filed to try to get more money for potential egg donors. I decided to step back from the more serious posts for this Friday and let my sarcasm run wild a bit on a news article that was posted just yesterday. It must have been a slow news day on the infertility topic because the headline for the article was ‘stress relief may improve your IVF success’.

Wow that was earth shattering news, I could not believe my eyes when I read that headline. I thought thank goodness some one out there is paying attention to the people who struggle with fertility issues. Stress is contributing to the infertility problem wow did they rip the lid off of that story! I did appreciate the one little sentence in there that referenced the IVF doctor dressed as a clown to relieve some tension after the implanting stage. Which was a study that I wrote about back in February and if you are interested to hear more about that than you need to click that link your just passed my friend.

Anyway how is this even a story at this point I mean doesn’t everyone already know that being infertile is a stressful situation and in turn a vicious cycle. The cycle of course being that you are stressed out that you can not have a baby which causes you to have more stress therefore decreasing your chances of conceiving a baby. Finding a bit of stress relief for patients that are fighting infertility is almost a lost cause to be honest with you. Probably because the emotions involved in wanting to have a child run so deep for so many of us. It’s almost impossible to turn that part of your brain off when you are in the middle of tests, procedures and more testing.

Honestly when I see posts like these at legitimate news sites I think it aggravates me more than anything. I totally get it when I am reading someone’s personal blog and they are venting about the unbelievable stress level they are at during their latest IVF cycle. When it is just being re-hashed by site as a real news story that honestly has nothing to do with infertility and is all about just getting more traffic to their site. That just blows! If you are interested in reading what I am referring to then you will need to click on this link to the original story on how stress relief may improve your IVF chances if however this kind of stuff gets under your skin as it does mine than have your say down below in the comments section.

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D & L