When you’re diagnosed with infertility, feelings of disbelief, anger, sadness, guilt, blame and anxiety can be overwhelming. Here are 50 things you can do to help you gain more control.
- Cry
- Scream
- Let it out! Emotional purge
- As for your medical records
- Start documenting your medical appoints to ensure accuracy & for review
- Get a second opinion
- Bring someone with you – 4 ears are better than 2!
- Get references to a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility clinics
- Attend 3 fertility center’s orientation
- Ask at orientation or open houses about insurance coverage
- Write a daily gratitude list
- Visit RESOLVE’s website
- Visit my YouTube channel
- Get a fertility buddy (I can help with that)
- Go to a in person support group
- Create your dream’s list (I can help with that too)
- Create your Fertility Game Plan (I can help here too!)
- Start the ritual of scheduling a date night with no baby creating talk
- De-clutter your life, clear out your home, mind and body
- Create your inner circle of supporters. Who are you sharing this with?
- Focus on all of you, mind, body & soul
- Cut down on caffeine, eliminate it if you can
- Cut down on alcohol consumption: Moderation
- Stop smoking
- Have your partner be seen by a doctor too
- Educate yourself about you!
- Start a level log: hormone
- Think of all of you mind, body and soul when you make decisions
- Nurture yourself
- Give thanks daily
- Begin to understand what emotionally triggers you (I can help with this,
emotional resilience) - Create your personal system for emotional resilience
- Hug – Give and get 10 hugs a day
- Ask Questions
- Connect to spirit
- Create a budget
- Plan fun
- Grieve – Let your self grieve without judgment. Mourn the loss of how you
thought it would be - When ready, dream again…. The new normal (#16)
- Ask for help
- Let the information guide you
- Call a time out
- Skip events if you’re not emotionally ready to go
- Plan a vacation and go!
- Cherish this time and part of the process
- Remember there’s a beginning, middle and end (Promise)
- Start a journal to your future child
- Stay open the best way for you
- Love yourself more
- Schedule your complimentary 30-minute coaching call with me!
