Mental Health and Infertility

The infertility journey can be a difficult path and is often an endurance race with sprints mixed in.  This episode is less about mental health expertise, we will defer to therapists, counselors, and mental health professionals for that, and more about starting a conversation around some of the issues we see commonly in our practices.  Four of the big ones that come up are: Self worth, self image, masculinity and femininity The timed sex problem (because making sex a task-based activity takes a lot of the magic out of it) Actual loss Not getting the thing you want, only makes you want harder We'll also talk about the link between the increasing stress of infertility, and stress making it harder to conceive. Additionally, Dr. Amy will mention a couple of homeopathic remedies that are useful in the infertilty space as a support to help you heal. Dr. Kate and Dr. Amy both encourage you to take mental health as seriously as you do your physical health and we hope this episode can encourage some conversations with friends, loved ones, or mental health professionals. See the  video version of Dr. Kate and Dr. Amy talking this one through. If you have genetic polymorphisms and want to work on them with an amazing group of other folks with genetic polymorphisms, click here. If you'd like to take a course on MTHFR, click here. To learn more about Dr. Kate Naumes, visit naumesnd.com. For more about Dr. Amy Neuzil, visit tohealthwiththat.com