FERTILITY, IVF OPTIMISING AND HYPNOBIRTHING
- Have you been trying for a baby for more than 6 months without success?
- Are you over 40 and panicking about not being able to get pregnant?
- Have you been diagnosed with endemetriosis, PCOS or unexplained infertility?
- Have you suffered from one or more miscarriages?
- Are you considering a course of IVF?
Fertility can be a cruel thing. A woman is at her most fertile in her teens and early 20s, precisely the time when many of us don’t feel ready to have a baby. By the time we are in a position to support a child emotionally and financially, it can be difficult to get pregnant.
Modern treatments such as IVF offer hope to many couples, but at the same time can pile on the pressure. The stress of going through assisted conception, the hopes raised and then dashed, your own expectations and those of family and friends can all take a huge emotional (as well as financial ) toll on would-be parents.
At Lowri Turner.com, we believe in supporting you physically and emotionally through the process of becoming a parent. We offer specialist nutritional and hypnotherapy programmes for men and women to boost fertility. These include
Food and supplement programmes to boost general health for him and her. E.g. correct hormonal imbalances such as low testosterone (him), oestrogen dominance to address conditions such as endemetriosis and fibroids and excess testosterone (PCOS) which may be impacting female fertility.
Hypnotherapy to reduce stress and provide emotional support through IVF, including creative visualisations to potentiate specific medical interventions (egg collection, egg transfer, the ’10 day wait’).
HOW DO I CHOOSE THE RIGHT PROGRAMME FOR ME?
Initial Assessment + 1 x follow-up consultation
After your 1 hr Initial Assessment Consultation during which your general health and fertility are analysed and discussed and a goal set, you return for a 1 hr follow-up appointment. You receive your Treatment Tool Pack, including individual fertility improvement food plan, shopping list, recipes and a home hypnotherapy CD.
Suitable for: General fertility boosting for him and her and for those who are confident they can put in to practise their new food programme without support and supervision.
RESULTS PROGRAMME – 3 x follow up consultations.
After your 1 hr Initial Assessment Consultation during which your general health and fertility are analysed and discussed and a goal set, you return for a 1 hr follow-up appointment. You receive your Treatment Tool Pack, including individual fertility improvement food plan, shopping list, recipes and home hypnotherapy CD.
This programme is longer and includes more support and supervision. At each of your three follow-up consultations your progress will be tracked. Plus appointments 2 and 3 will include 45 minutes each of one-to-one hypnotherapy, to increase motivation to stick to your food plan, teach stress management and address any fears about parenthood as well as put aside any ‘failures’ from the past.
Suitable for: Endemetriosis/PCOS improvement, preparation for 1 round of IVF and for those who feel they would benefit from support and supervision.
TOTAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME – 5 x follow up consultations.
After your 1 hr Initial Assessment Consultation during which your general health and fertility are analysed and discussed and a goal set, you return for a 1 hr follow-up appointment. You receive your Treatment Tool Pack, including individual fertility improvement food plan, shopping list, recipes and home hypnotherapy CD.
This programme is designed to allow plenty of time to gently but effectively address fertility issues. It includes a high level of support and supervision as at each of your five follow-up consultations your progress will be tracked. Plus appointments 2, 3, 4 and 5 will include 45 minutes each of one-to-one hypnotherapy.
This programme allows not just for preparation for IVF, but for support through it. Sessions may be spaced to coincide with specific medical interventions such as egg collection, egg transfer or the ’10 day wait’ so that more advanced techniques such as creative visualisation can be taught and used to potentiate treatment for a positive outcome.
Suitable for: Preparation and support through IVF treatment.
HYPNOBIRTHING
We now offer Hypnobirthing. This is a natural way to use hypnotherapy to reduce pain and the need for powerful pain-relieving drugs during childbirth. Couples may come together, or the expectant mother may come singly, for a series of sessions where they/she are/is taught specialist self-hypnosis techniques for use during labour. The aim is a calm, relaxed, positive labour for the mother and a gentle introduction to the world for the baby.
Hypnobirthing may be suitable for both ‘naturally’ conceived babies and those whose conception has been assisted. It can be helpful for home or hospital births, whether attended by a doctor, midwife of doulla. In no way are hypnobirthing technhiques a substitute for expert medical care during labour and should be viewed as a support to that essential medical care. Please consult your midwife or obstetrician if you would like a hypnobirth.
‘I seem to be surrounded by couples going through fertility treatment. I myself had trouble getting pregnant with my first child. I was put on Clomid which made me fat and depressed, but didn’t result in a baby.’
‘I now have three children of my own and have personal experience of the IVF process, as well as supporting others through it. My own history of infertility helps me to understand what it is like to face a future without children. Fine if that is your choice, but not so fine if you really want a baby of your own.
Fertility is a mysterious thing. No one miracle food can make you pregnant. Still, we know that a change of diet can improve your health and your chances of getting pregnant, especially if you have a diagnosed hormonal imbalance which is getting in the way.
As for hypnotherapy, you cannot ‘think your way to a baby’. However, hypnotherapy is a proven stress-reduction technique and it can do a lot to reduce the emotional toll of assisted conception, so you feel emotionally strong enough to embark on the difficult journey to becoming a parent.’
