| It can be heart-breaking to know that one in seven | | | | diagnostic tests can push this up to over |
| couples in the UK are affected by fertility problems | | | | £8,000. An increasing number of people leave |
| and failure to conceive a child. Most GP's won't start | | | | the country in search of faster, cheaper treatment |
| fertility investigations or refer patients to a specialist | | | | overseas. |
| until at least 12 months of trying. The investigative | | | | Failed IVF |
| procedures are time-consuming, uncomfortable and | | | | More than 7,000 women undergo IVF every year in |
| stressful for both partners. For 15-20% of those | | | | the UK and less than one in four, are successful. That |
| tested, the results show there is no apparent | | | | means that only around 9,000 women conceive after |
| physiological cause, leaving people feeling angry and | | | | IVF treatment. The number of treatments continues |
| frustrated, with limited options available to them. | | | | to rise every year, and despite constant |
| There follows a monthly cycle of expectation and | | | | improvements in the process, the end result is an |
| disappointment, and the pleasure of making love is | | | | increasing number of women who are unsuccessful. |
| gradually replaced by an increasingly tense | | | | - When is the Best Time to have Hypnotherapy? |
| atmosphere, with the female partner feverishly | | | | - Once tests show there is no known physical cause, |
| checking dates, times, temperature, doing ovulation | | | | then a course of Hypnotherapy, ranging from 4-6 |
| and pregnancy tests, and the male partner coming | | | | sessions, can begin. |
| under increasing pressure to 'perform' whenever | | | | - If there are indications that IVF is required for |
| required to do so. This is clearly not the best state | | | | conception (for example: egg donation), then |
| for either partner to be in for a successful outcome! | | | | Hypnotherapy can be undertaken several weeks prior |
| Hypnotherapy can Clear the Blocks to Successful | | | | to treatment to increase the chances of a successful |
| Conception | | | | outcome. |
| For those who are unsuccessful in conceiving, either | | | | - If IVF treatment has failed, then a course of |
| naturally or through IVF, Hypnotherapy can prove | | | | Hypnotherapy can remove the emotional blocks that |
| very effective by working with the psychogenic | | | | may have got in the way, prior to beginning a new |
| ('Originating in the mind or in mental or emotional | | | | course of treatment. |
| processes') root of the problem. It is safe, | | | | - Hypnotherapy can also be helpful during the long |
| comfortable, relaxing and there are no known | | | | and sometimes arduous IVF treatment, to maintain |
| side-effects! | | | | confidence and a positive attitude. |
| Physiological Causes of Failure to Conceive | | | | - And finally, Hypnotherapy during the pregnancy can |
| - Antiphospholipid Antibodies | | | | help to achieve a more comfortable, calm, relaxed |
| - Premature Ovarian Failure | | | | and natural birth experience for both Mother and |
| - Tubular blockage or Endometriosis | | | | Baby, with the Father fully-participating in the |
| - Age and Egg Quality | | | | experience. |
| - Fibroids | | | | How can Hypnotherapy help Successful Conception? |
| - Hypothyroidism | | | | By finding and clearing the emotional blocks; |
| - Anovulation | | | | eliminating stress; neutralising feelings of anger and |
| - Amenorrhea | | | | frustration, the client, whether they be the male or |
| - STDs | | | | female partner (or both), feels more confident, |
| - Obesity | | | | hopeful and receptive. |
| - Smoking | | | | Women are often surprised to discover a deeply-held |
| NHS or Private Funding for IVF? | | | | belief that they don't deserve to be a mother, and |
| Most NHS operated fertility clinics now offer free IVF | | | | this in itself can create an insurmountable emotional |
| treatment to people who have been sponsored by | | | | block. Once removed, a surge of powerful, positive |
| their Primary Care Trust. The availability of IVF | | | | energy is released that can often result in achieving |
| treatment on the NHS is subject to guidelines issued | | | | the desired outcome - the conception of the |
| by the National Institute for Health and Clinical | | | | long-awaited and much-wanted child. |
| Excellence (NICE) which recommend that you should | | | | The Difference in Cost |
| be offered up to three cycles of IVF if all criteria are | | | | The cost of a course of Hypnotherapy may seem |
| met. Some PCTs will refuse funding to couples where | | | | substantial, but when compared with the potentially |
| one partner already has a child. | | | | huge costs of IVF, it becomes no more than a small |
| Waiting lists for NHS funded IVF treatment vary | | | | but significant drop in the ocean. You'll be looking at |
| depending on your particular PCT, but can vary from | | | | hundreds not thousands of Pounds to help you |
| 6 months to 3 years. The alternative is to opt for | | | | achieve a positive outcome - the conception and |
| private IVF treatment which costs on average | | | | birth of a child, who, by the way, will cost you an |
| £3,500, but the cost of extra drugs and | | | | estimated £43,000 to bring up! |