Thread: Stress at work

Hi Ladies I read an interesting article last week about how stress can create a hostile environment for our OH's little swimmers and it got me thinking. I know my hubby doesn't have the greatest swimmers but his results are not what you would describe as catastrophic by any means. I am under a great deal of pressure at work and I am wondering if perhaps this isn't exactly helping the situation? In other words, if I wasn't...

From what I've heard, stress does play a part in fertility, I must say I have noticed that most people get their bfp when they least expect it, when they're having fun, drunk or not even thinking about it. However, we all know how hard it is to forget about it, and having done this and it not work, I'm not sure it would work for everyone. All I can say is I've noticed twice in the last year that I ovulated 2 weeks later...

Hey angelfish sweetie. As you know my cons did say to me that despite my hubbie's s/a being pretty bad, my stress about the situation was probably the biggest factor stopping us conceiving. I'm not 100% sure about this as our new cons did not mention my stress and said that with my hubbie's results we would be quite unlikely to ever concieve naturally. But, I can see how it would have an effect. Stress leads to the release of...

Hi, I believe it's a big factor too, and I've been in a stressful job for a while, but got promoted to an even more stressful one about the same time we started TTC. This is one of the reasons I've been toying with the idea of acupuncture. It's meant to help with fertility, but if it doesn't do that it is certainly meant to be relaxing, which will help I believe. If you don't fancy that even the odd day out at a...