| Hypnosis can dramatically increase the chance of | | | | work together to bring about positive attitudes and |
| becoming pregnant, with or without the use IVF | | | | beliefs regarding childbirth and motherhood. |
| treatment. | | | | Dr. Christiane Northrup in her book Women's Bodies, |
| At Elite we are proud to have played a part in helping | | | | Women's Wisdom says: "The mind / body approach |
| several couples become parents; some women | | | | to fertility is based on the premise that knowledge is |
| becoming pregnant naturally using powerful, yet | | | | power and that a change in perception based on new |
| natural, relaxation methods, instigated by | | | | information is powerful enough to effect subtle |
| Hypnotherapy, others being helped to conceive by | | | | changes in your endocrine, immune, and nervous |
| the introduction of deep relaxation, using hypnosis | | | | systems. Regardless of what you've been told about |
| just prior to them undertaking IVF treatment. The | | | | your fertility, you need to know that your ability to |
| success rates achieved are not surprising, as they fall | | | | conceive is profoundly influenced by the complex |
| in line with other research into the phenomenon | | | | interaction among psychosocial, psychological and |
| worldwide, and thanks to the minimal fees involved in | | | | emotional factors, and you can consciously work with |
| comparison to private IVF treatment, hypnotherapy | | | | this to enhance your ability to have a baby." |
| is likely to be considered as the initial treatment of | | | | So can hypnosis help to make you pregnant? |
| choice for couples wishing to conceive. | | | | One in seven women seek medical help to aid |
| A small British run alternative health clinic in Southern | | | | conception. Inevitably, given this demand and the low |
| Spain has achieved a considerable level of success in | | | | success rates of conventional treatments for |
| helping women become pregnant, both when using | | | | infertility, alternative practitioners have not been slow |
| IVF and without, which fits in with other research | | | | to offer therapies that they claim will increase fertility. |
| into the phenomenon world wide. | | | | Dr Elizabeth Muir, a clinical psychologist who has |
| A team from Soroka University, Israel, found that in | | | | specialised in treating infertility for seven years, uses |
| a control group, 28% of women who were | | | | hypnotherapy to help couples for which there is no |
| hypnotised became pregnant, compared with 14% of | | | | apparent medical reason why they should not have a |
| those who were not. The study of 185 women was | | | | child. Muir believes that the psychological issues |
| presented to the European Society of Human | | | | surrounding pregnancy are not sufficiently well |
| Reproduction and Embryology conference in Berlin. | | | | addressed for many women with fertility problems, |
| The Chinese had noticed several thousand years ago | | | | and she claims a success rate of 45 per cent for her |
| that women who had difficulty conceiving often had | | | | clients. |
| an underlying emotional issue preventing conception. | | | | "Hypnotherapy works on the premise that the |
| Modern studies have now confirmed that | | | | conscious and subconscious minds may be at odds |
| psychological and emotional blocks can create | | | | with each other," she says. "I believe that while a |
| infertility issues. There may be subconscious fears | | | | woman might consciously want a baby, her |
| around pregnancy, labour, childbirth, hospitals, medical | | | | subconscious may be stopping her from getting |
| treatments, motherhood, loss of independence or | | | | pregnant. Most women I see have psychosomatic |
| individuality, questions about their husband's ability to | | | | infertility related to conflicts or unresolved issues |
| be a good father, unresolved dysfunctional patterns | | | | about having a baby. A combination of counseling and |
| from a woman's own childhood, or even the fear | | | | hypnotherapy can remove these problems." |
| that a new baby might be a threat to the relationship | | | | (Excerpts from an article by Suzy Greaves) |
| with her spouse. | | | | At the Elite Clinic in Fuengirola in Southern Spain they |
| Hypnotherapy can be a highly effective mind-body | | | | have started to receive telephone calls from across |
| technique, often helping individuals identify and | | | | Europe from women interested in trying the |
| process subconscious blocks that may be interfering | | | | comparably low cost treatment. The first session |
| with conception. In a relaxed, therapeutic | | | | lasts approx 90 minutes, subsequent sessions |
| environment, the hypnotherapist and the individual | | | | (normally 3 or 4) last one hour. |