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Supporting yourself during fertility treatment Reduce additional stress To the extent possible, reduce other sources of stress in your life. Try to minimize taking on unnecessary new projects, responsibilities, or social commitments that don’t “nurture” you but feel like obligations. Self-care Try to incorporate nurturing, self-care practices and activities into your life. This can include massages, pedicures, taking a warm bath with candles, listening to calming or joyful music, making art, spending time with a pet, cooking or baking, cozying up with a good book, spending time in nature, gardening, taking a walk watching a beautiful sunset, buying fresh flowers, or taking a day trip to a special place. Stress management tools and techniques People often worry that their stress will sabotage the success of the treatment and cause the cycle to fail. It is important to realize that some amount of stress is all but inevitable when undergoing fertility treatment. It is not realistic to expect that you will remain in a constant state of “zen” during your treatment cycle. That being said, it can be highly beneficial to your overall sense of emotional and physical well-being to learn and practice healthy stress management tools, such as focused breathing, guided imagery, other types of meditation, mindfulness in daily living, Tai Chi, yoga, or Quigong.
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