you more likely to have a successful IVF, I'm sure its BS but it made
me laugh. The next time a fertile trys to tell me to "just relax" I'm
going to tell them to "just shove it" and read this article.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Submitted by Lindsay
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Just Relax
Found this article the other day about how being under stress makes
you more likely to have a successful IVF, I'm sure its BS but it made
me laugh. The next time a fertile trys to tell me to "just relax" I'm
going to tell them to "just shove it" and read this article.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Submitted by Lindsay
you more likely to have a successful IVF, I'm sure its BS but it made
me laugh. The next time a fertile trys to tell me to "just relax" I'm
going to tell them to "just shove it" and read this article.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Submitted by Lindsay
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These articles and "research" papers are utter rubbish. Recently there was another study result published in the UK claiming that stress had NO outcome on IVF pregnancy rates. I think we all just need to ignore the media because reading about just adds to the stress!
ReplyDeleteWell, it is an interesting concept. I think like the article suggests, it just shows there is a more complex relationship between reproduction and stress. It was a well-controlled survey really, but even having people rate their stress from 1-10 you could get a subjective rating. When I have patients rate their mood from 1-10, I expect a stable, regular mood to be around 6-7...most clients feel that halfway would naturally be best. If I say that 7 is more of the ideal mood, they usually raise/lower their rating. So it still could be subjective. But it could instigate a more thorough study to be conducted. *shrugs*
ReplyDeleteThe idea of rating stress based on a survey asking you to rate from 1 to 10 seems quite unscientific. Of course every woman going through an IVF cycle is stressed- stress about medications, stressed about the outcome, stress about the money!
ReplyDeleteBut at least we can now quote this study when someones asks us to "just relax" :)