If You're Trying To Get Pregnant, Laughter May Help
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Even in my "old age" (ahem!) I still love to watch the funny videos show. I've written before about the healing power of laughter. This article talks about how laughter can provide "comic relief" for infertility. It also mentions a woman who used laughter while undergoing five years of fertility treatments only to conceive her two children naturally! Read more:
www.conceiveonline.com
From the article:
Laughter helped Miserlis cope with the stress of five long years of fertility treatments. (She ultimately conceived her two children naturally and is now writing a book about her sometimes-humorous journey.) But you don’t have to have been trying for years to be stressed out about babymaking. Even a few months without success can take its toll. As hard as it may be to find humor in something that really isn’t funny, experts say it could actually help.
“I really do believe that [humor] is one of many healthy, affordable ways to cope with all the stress,” says Alison Wilson, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist at the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine in Denver. Not being able to get pregnant when you want to can be a very distressing time, “and throwing a little humor in there can be so beneficial.”
Think about it—it’s pretty hard to feel sad or angry while you’re laughing, right? Laughter can also relax the body and release endorphins, quite helpful during a process that can be far from relaxing.
“A lot of times the indignities involved with the procedures and the expectations get so extreme,” says licensed psychologist Janice Pimentel, Psy.D., who counsels patients struggling with fertility issues in the Jacksonville, Florida, area. “Sarcasm and humor can be very useful in relieving stress and acknowledging that you are responding in a normal way to a crazy situation, as opposed to being crazy yourself.”