Navigating The Two Week Wait
In this episode, we are going to dive into some ideas to help you navigate the two week wait. And this is applicable no matter how you’re conceiving, whether it's without medical intervention, with IVF or even through surrogacy.
The two week wait is the period of time, after you have potentially conceived, when you are waiting to find out if a conception has occurred. This might mean that you had intercourse around ovulation. This might mean you’ve had an IUI. It might mean that you’ve just completed an embryo transfer in an IVF cycle. Or it might mean that you’re waiting to see if a transfer was successful in a surrogacy relationship.
Regardless of how you are making the baby, this two week wait is notorious for being stressful, anxiety ridden, and just an all-around hard time. During this waiting period, the brain likes to offer us many thoughts. Some of them useful and most of them not. Its easy to feel like the insanity is setting in.
There are 4 main strategies I offer people who are going through this time:
- Allow your thoughts and feelings. But don’t make them mean anything
- Stay off the Google. Stay out of the chat rooms
- Take Rest
- Say NO To Toxic Positivity
On July 1, I’m going to be releasing my brand new free video course called The Fertility Stress Solution.
In this course, I’m going to break down a really simple method for working through anxiety and stressful emotions during your fertility experience. This course is applicable during any stage of your experience, whether you’re just starting out and are feeling overwhelmed or maybe you’re about to do your first (or fifth!) round of IVF and your anxiety feels like its taking over. No matter where you are, I can help.
This course is totally free. And its going to be available on July 1 2021. Follow the link below to sign up for instant access the day it comes out!
IMPORTANT LINKS
Sign up for the FREE Fertility Stress Solution Video Course
Book a Free 30 Minute Fertility Stress Coaching Mini Session with Michelle
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