Does too much stress leads to infertility?

We all are aware that going through a fertility treatment is difficult on its own, women also believe that having additional stress can further contribute to the fertility issues that they have.

You must have said or heard women generally say the following quotes:

1.    “ I know that I cannot get pregnant as I wish for it  too much”

2.    “ This is because I work too hard”

3.    " I was too busy stabilizing by income before I have a child and it wore out my body"

4.    " I felt guilty for abortion that led my ovaries to shut as if I am the one punishing the body"

Causes Of  Infertility

So does stress cause Infertility?

Taking blame on themselves is one of the normal attempts that can restore your sense of control. But just with the belief ruling out the possibility is not a precise assumption. In reality infertility can cause stress but this not the other way around. Actually, in case of physical or mental stress that impacts your cycle, all of the stress-induced changes are most of the time self-limiting and correcting. With this, we mean that when you have fertility issues that are the reason for your stress. The stress might just trigger the issue that was already present in your body.

We have a logical reason as well. There are women around the world that conceive in some of the most stressful situations in case there are no problems physiologically. Even women that are traumatized and prisoners of war do get pregnant. If that was the case human existence would have perished a long time ago. So if someone tells you to relax and then you’ll get pregnant is something that you shouldn’t believe blindly.

Most of the times stress does not have an impact on the quality of the egg, this can result in behaviors that can cause fertility issues. One of the simple examples includes leaving a fertility treatment mid-way or going to some unhealthy harming habits like drinking, smoking, not taking fertility medications prescribed or avoiding sex.

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     So what needs to be done?

The above-mentioned situations can occur when a person is trying to get pregnant and this why you need to reduce the stress levels. Accept the fact that you cannot control your past or future. You need to deal with the present and the diagnosis in the best way possible each day as it comes. Be optimistic and have people around that support you with your journey.

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