Infertility
Are you trying to start a family?
Have you recently started trying to conceive with no success?
Have you been diagnosed with infertility or other medical conditions that can impair your ability to get pregnant?
This absolutely takes a toll on your well being and your mental health. When trying to get pregnant, it can be all consuming and often women do not have the appropriate supports they can reach out to about their struggles. It can feel as though no one understands the heartache and grief you are experiencing while trying to conceive. I provide a warm, supportive, and compassionate outlet for you to process all of these feelings.
How Can Wellness for Women Help?
At Wellness for Women we provide counseling around the many issues that can come up along the journey to become a parent:
Adoption
Fertility Treatments
Infertility
Pregnancy Loss
Reproductive Health Issues
Secondary Infertility
Surrogacy
Thoughts of Suicide
Facts about Infertility:
1 in 8 couples have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy
Women with infertility can feel as anxious or depressed as those diagnosed with cancer
Women with infertility were diagnosed with depression at much higher rates than women with who have not experienced any fertility issues - 57.1 % and 11.4 %, respectively
Facts about Pregnancy Loss:
Miscarriage is a common occurrence (1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage)
More than 80 percent of women who have a miscarriage feel anxious during subsequent pregnancies.
One-third of women who suffer recurrent miscarriages will experience clinical depression.
Women and their partners are often isolated in their grief and unsure of how to manage and move forward. One study found that parental bereavement was related to an 80% increase in suicide risk.
Unresolved grief from reproductive loss and child loss puts women at high risk for experiencing complicated grief and is a significant risk factor for developing a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder (PMAD).