How to manage stress, grief & loss during an IVF cycle?
A. There is no question that the whole process of infertility represents a tremendous loss of control over what should be basic function & this causes initially denial then anger & depression. At our center we have trained counselor – you can talk with them during the early stages of your IVF cycle. So that you may best use certain practices & procedures to cope with the stress of assisted reproduction. It is impossible to eliminate stress completely & each of us needs a certain amount of stress in our lives to keep us vital. The important factor is our response to this stress and we need to learn coping strategies which prevent us from reaction in a way that is detrimental to the whole aim of therapy which is to establish and nuture a pregnancy.
