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Fertility and Body Image: A Connection?

By consciousconception | Jun. 18, 2007 | 0 Comments|post a comment

I work with an acupuncurist who offered me this connection (and I would not have guessed) between body-image and pregnancy; but now that she said it it makes much sense. After all, a woman who has fears of becoming fat may subconsciously be sabotoging her pregnancy through her intention, and yet her conscious mind does want a child.

This can be a very common theme also with women with past bulemic and anorexic issues, or those who work out alot. They may not even know it. Women who exercise a lot are already lowering their hormonal levels to become pregnant, and if a Doc tells them to slow it down, fear and anxiety can arise (how is my body going to look, then?), and still, they may experience infertility based up on the effect these emotions have on the body.

Fertility and Consciousness; Partners in Co-creation?˜

By consciousconception | Jun. 8, 2007 | 4 Comments|post a comment

Fertility rates are on the decline, this is true. Martin O'Connell, chief of the fertility statistics branch of the Census Bureau, said the changes in the last nine years, though significant, were rather small when compared with earlier decades. In 1960, he said, the rate was about 120 births for every 1,000 women of childbearing age; in 1970, it was about 90. Thus, he said, ''The fertility rate now is about half what it was in the late 1950's and early 60's.'' There are many environmental factors contributing to why, including pesticides in our foods, chemicals and pollutants in the air, wireless radiation, and the growing number of women choosing to have children at a later stage in their lives. Stress, however, a clear link to the mind/body connection, may very well be the most overlooked contributor to infertility.

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