| Infertility is a tragic, emotionally damaging and painful experience. To optimise. pregnancy, while undergoing homoeopathic treatment, I encourage the following support:
Diet
Your diet is very important, when trying to conceive. Try to buy only organic or bio-dynamic food.
Eat as much raw food as possible - at least one third of the total diet should be raw.
Use the following foods to form the bulk of your diet (with no limit on quantity):- fresh fruit, vegetable and salad, grains, pulse, nuts, dried fruit, chemical free bread, cereal, pasta, honey, any whole food.
Limit the following foods:- canned food, frozen food, red meat, chicken, fish, eggs (only use free range), dairy, wheat, tea, coffee, sugar, alcohol.
Avoid the following foods altogether:- food additives (all colours, preservatives, flavours, etc - check labels), fast food, artificial sweetener, battery eggs, genetically modified food.
Supplements
With an organic diet, supplementation becomes much less critical, as the vitamin and mineral content in organic food is much higher than in non-organic food.
However, the natural supplement spirulina (get the certified organic one) will ensure you are getting the essential nutrients. Spirulina is available from health food shops.
Green food powder is spirulina plus many other nutritious plants and many couples have reported success with pregnancy with this amazing product, when they had previously failed.
Relax
If you have a stressful life - change it! Change jobs, cut down on the hours, cut down your spending or whatever it takes to reduce the stress in your life. Whilst your homoeopathic remedy/ies will go a long way to help you deal with stress, get rid of it where you can.
Do something every day which will increase your relaxation - whether it is watching funny videos (laughter is a great healer), going for a walk, taking up meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, Chi Gung, etc but DO SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
Meditation is highly recommended as an adjunct to homoeopathic treatment. The more relaxed and in tune with your body you become, the greater the likelihood of falling pregnant.
Sex
If you have been trying for a baby for some time, chances are that sex has lost it’s spontaneity and enjoyment. Try to disengage from the .pregnancy and go back to enjoying sex for the fun of it. Don’t let it become routine. Get in the mood. Do what it normally takes for both partners to feel special and wanted.
The most fertile days to have sex are day 12, 14, 16 (and 18 if the menstrual cycle is longer than 30 days). Don’t have sex for 3 days before day 12 (and no masturbation on the man’s part).
Candida
If you have a history of candida or thrush, it is advisable to cut out sugar altogether. If the mucus in the vagina is not of the right consistency, it is not possible for the sperm to climb up the strings within the mucus.
Hygiene
Do not use ANY perfumed products near the vagina. This includes some toilet tissue. Use the minimum of soap for cleansing. Perfumes upset the pH and vaginal health.
Drugs
It goes without saying that no recreational drugs should be used at this time, by either partner.
This is a good time to stop smoking. Either partner smoking causes foetal problems.
Any physical problem that arises is best treated homoeopathically rather than with medical drugs. Avoid even ‘minor’ drugs such as analgesics. There are homoeopathic alternatives which are not only very safe and effective, but also work with the body, rather than suppressing it as do medical drugs.
Partners as a Unit
Whilst one partner may be diagnosed as the ‘cause’ of the infertility (low sperm count, lack of ovulation, miscarriages, etc), it is important to remember that both partners are part of the whole that produces a baby. The ‘healthy’ partner needs to ensure his/her partner in no way feels any blame. Go out of your way to create a healthy and loving environment.
I encourage both partners change their diet, both partners supplement their diet, both partners cut down on stress, both partners do something relaxing every day, both partners take up a relaxing pastime, such as meditation, both partners cut out drugs.
Above all, have fun as a couple!
Outcome
Whilst every attempt is being made to ensure a pregnancy, try to be OK with the outcome, whatever that is. It might not be your destiny to have a baby. You might have other things to do. We none of us know what the future holds, but if we are OK with what happens, even if we do try to direct our lives, generally life works out much better, easier and logically in the long term. |