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Making the most of your fertility treatment journey

Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART, or fertility treatment as it's commonly known), is a challenge that is far from easy for the couples who face it. How do you prepare for fertility treatment?

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We spoke with Hannah Livage, Naturopath specialising in Fertility.
Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR, or AMP for those in the know) is a journey that is far from straightforward for the couples who face it. How do you prepare for MAR?

Take care mama

Essayez les pensées positives. Toutes pensées ou ressentis positifs engendrent un cercle vertueux et sont à l’origine d’autres pensées et ressentis positifs.

How can you relax during fertility treatment?

Plusieurs techniques de gestion émotionnelles sont à votre portée pour vivre plus sereinement votre parcours :

Sophrology is a method that works on both the body and the mind.

Through breathing exercises, muscle relaxation and visualisation, it helps you better manage your emotions, approach the different stages of your journey with greater ease, manage pain, and rediscover a sense of wellbeing and vitality.

Plants are wonderful allies for helping you relax, whether as herbal infusions (linden, lavender, orange blossom…) or as essential oils (ylang-ylang, true lavender, damask rose…).
Please note that plants are not without risk — it is important to seek advice from a professional before using them.

There are also flower remedies that work on your different emotions and help to soothe them, the best known being the "rescue" blend, which brings comfort, patience, a sense of letting go, and courage.

Every positive thought or feeling generates a virtuous circle, giving rise to yet more positive thoughts and feelings.

That said, it's not about ignoring the difficult things you're going through — but it is important to find joy in every small moment of happiness.

In this way, it will help you approach the next steps of your journey with a more positive outlook.

Engaging in regular gentle physical activity helps you optimise your psycho-emotional wellbeing. It helps you release both physical and mental tension (the degree of muscular tension being linked to the degree of psychological tension), as well as releasing more feel-good hormones.

When rest is lacking, emotional wellbeing is particularly affected. This is because tiredness impacts mood, but also because sleep allows cortisol levels — the stress hormone — to come down.

Prendre un complément alimentaire fertilité qui aide à se relaxer peut aider également. Il peut être pris en plus d'un complément grossesse, qui aide à faire le plein de nutriments essentiels pour soutenir le corps. 

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Don't forget yourself during fertility treatment

Au cœur d’un parcours PMA, on a souvent tendance à oublier le reste. Toutes les préoccupations tournent alors autour de ce désir d’enfant.


Il est parfaitement normal que ce désir soit au centre de vos préoccupations, notamment lorsque votre vie est rythmée par les rendez-vous médicaux et les traitements.
 

Toutefois, souvenez-vous qu’avant d’être une femme ou un homme en PMA, vous êtes avant tout une personne, un(e) ami(e), un(e) professionnel(le)…
 

Votre vie ne doit pas être mise entre parenthèse, au risque de subir encore davantage cette attente.
Redonnez une place à tout ce que vous êtes et à tout ce qui vous apporte des sources de joies et de bien-être.
 

Autorisez-vous à réaliser tous les projets dont vous rêvez et que vous aviez peut-être mis entre parenthèses.
 

Cela vous permettra d’affronter avec plus de force les différentes étapes de votre parcours.

Did you know?

Attention à la détox, cela est vivement déconseillé en début de PMA ou en cas de grossesse. En effet, cela reviendrait à remettre tous les toxiques accumulés en circulation, et ainsi leur donner la possibilité de migrer vers le bébé…

How to rediscover compassionate communication?

IVF/ART, along with the fatigue and tension it brings, can sometimes lead to a lack of communication and understanding within your relationship. Yet your partner is your greatest ally through this experience. Make sure to express your feelings and needs to your partner, and to listen to theirs in return. This will help you understand each other better and approach each other's reactions with greater objectivity.


This will allow you to go through IVF/ART hand in hand, because a child, however they are conceived, is above all a shared project that requires a great deal of love.

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How can you better manage family and social relationships during fertility treatment?

In the context of assisted reproduction (ART), it is often tempting to keep this journey hidden from those close to you, to protect yourself from their remarks, intrusive questions, or simply because you feel uncomfortable discussing a subject that remains taboo and belongs to the private sphere.


You are obviously the only person who knows what is best for you, but do remember that the support of those close to you can prove to be a great comfort.
 

To nurture healthy and enjoyable family and social relationships, it is also important to communicate with those close to you. Do not hesitate to tell them how you feel, what may hurt you, and what you need from them throughout this journey. That might be simply being present, lending a listening ear, or checking in on you regularly. It is up to you to set your own boundaries and your own rules — your loved ones have almost certainly never been through these experiences themselves, and they simply may not know how to act, and can come across as clumsy. By guiding them, they will know how best to support you.

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Making the most of your fertility treatment journey

How can you better manage the medicalised stages?

Assisted reproduction is punctuated by many medicalised steps, such as injections, scans, various medical examinations, egg retrievals, inseminations, embryo transfers…


For some couples, this is straightforward; for others, these are truly challenging steps.
 

Since these steps are unavoidable, the idea is to make them gentler and to navigate them with greater serenity.
 

Sophrology, through breathing techniques, visualisation and relaxation, can help you approach them with more ease.
 

The presence of your partner — and their involvement where possible — can be a source of comfort (for example, your partner could administer your daily injections).
 

Do not hesitate to give yourself a little "reward" after each step you find particularly challenging (a small treat, a pleasant moment together, a self-care session…).

How to cope better with the wait before the result?

Tous les couples ayant traversé la PMA, ne connaissent que trop bien les quinze jours d’attente post-insémination ou post-transfert.


Cette période est particulièrement difficile à vivre émotionnellement, quand l'on est dans l'attente d'un test de grossesse positif.
 

Si ces quinze jours ne représentent finalement qu'une infime partie de l’attente jusque-là éprouvée, elle n’en paraît pas moins interminable.
 

L’incertitude quant au devenir de l’embryon transféré ou du sperme inséminé, vous fait osciller entre l’espoir que ça ait fonctionné, et la crainte de l’échec.
 

Chaque symptôme est alors source de questionnements. Cela est parfaitement légitime.
 

Toutefois, afin de vivre cette attente le plus sereinement possible, essayez au maximum de vous accorder des moments pour vous. Il n’y a pas de meilleur moment que maintenant pour prendre soin de vous.
 

Autorisez-vous à y croire : essayer de se protéger d’un éventuel échec ne le rendra pas forcément moins douloureux, mais vous empêchera de vivre pleinement ce moment.
 

Réfléchissez dès maintenant à tout ce que vous aimez faire, seule, à deux, entre amis ou en famille, et planifiez chaque jour durant cette attente une chose au moins pour vous faire du bien.
 

Cela vous aidera à moins subir cette attente et à prendre soin de vous.

How to better prepare the body for IVF?

La conception d’un enfant via une procréation médicalement assistée est une épreuve à la fois mentale et physique.


C’est pour cela que se préparer en amont permet de se mettre dans des dispositions plus favorables.

Ainsi, pour aider l’organisme à mieux réagir aux traitements et gagner en bien-être, il est possible de :

Ainsi, pour aider l’organisme à mieux réagir aux traitements et gagner en bien-être, il est possible de :

Pour faire face à la PMA, le corps a besoin d’une alimentation riche en vitamines et nutriments. Cela lui permet d’assurer un bon équilibre hormonal et de produire des gamètes (ovules et spermatozoïdes) de qualité. Cela est intéressant car le succès d’une PMA dépend en de la qualité des gamètes et des embryons transférés. De plus, certaines carences en vitamines et minéraux peuvent gêner la nidation.
L’alimentation à privilégier est composée de produits de qualité (biologiques et de saison) et non transformés, notamment des légumes, des fruits, des bonnes huiles (de lin, de cameline), de la viande blanche, des légumineuses…  Pour potentialiser les apports en enzymes, vitamines et minéraux, les graines germées sont particulièrement intéressantes.
Un complément grossesse multivitamines peut être une aide afin de s'assurer de couvrir ses besoins nutritionnels. De même, la prise d'un oméga 3 grossesse, comme le DHA, peut aider à améliorer la qualité ovocytaire. 

Un complément alimentaire fertilité homme peut aussi aider à améliorer la qualité des spermatozoïdes.

When trying for a baby, whilst the reproductive organs play a central role, the liver also has a significant part to play. It is responsible for processing toxins as well as hormones.
During IVF treatment, the liver is under considerable strain due to the many hormonal treatments involved. Supporting it will help prevent it from becoming exhausted and allow it to function more optimally throughout the process.
It is therefore recommended to:
Limit exposure to toxins (by favouring organic food, cosmetics and household products).
Stay well hydrated (at least 1.5L per day).
Regularly apply a warm hot water bottle to the liver area to help liver cells regenerate.

For the endometrium to become the welcoming environment in which the embryo will implant, it needs oxygen and nutrients. These are delivered via the bloodstream, so supporting blood circulation — and thus the supply of oxygen and nutrients — helps to promote its optimal development. Several helpful approaches include: - Gentle physical activity, which stimulates blood circulation - Hydration, which supports increased blood volume and fluidity

After an IVF/ART protocol, a gentle detox is recommended to help the body eliminate accumulated toxins, particularly those from hormonal treatments. However, this is strongly discouraged at the start of a protocol or during pregnancy. Indeed, it would put all the accumulated toxins back into circulation, giving them the opportunity to migrate to the baby.

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