Can stress effect getting pregnant???

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Registered: 01-06-2009
Can stress effect getting pregnant???
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Mon, 01-26-2009 - 11:53pm

Hey ladies, was just wondering how bad STRESS can effect getting pregnant? I am 4dpo and I have been stressing about getting a BFN. I don't have financial stress or anything like that, it's all about becoming pregnant. It's only our 3rd TTC month, but we want this so badly. I can't help but stress if we have a chance, did we do everything right and so on!!!


I hear that women should not stress it can be bad, how bad? I'm trying to keep busy but it's all I can think about, I have too much time on my hands working from home and it's pretty much all I can do at this point is stress. On a level 1-10 I'd say it's an 8. I just can't bare to think of getting a BFN and then having to do this all over next month.


Thanks for reading, what can I do to ease the stress?


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Registered: 11-04-2008
Tue, 01-27-2009 - 7:12am

My personal opinion I believe stress is a big factor on it. My first time really trying to conceive after a m/c it took 5 years because we tried and stressed so much over it because I really wanted a baby. There was nothing wrong with us and we tried everything we just couldn't get pg. After letting it go and putting everything on hold and just doing everything natural. No more temping, checking, obsessing 3 months later and we got pregnant.

This time the stress for me puts my cycle in wack and I won't O if I'm under stress but thats the kind of stress of bills, losing my job or other things that play into that kind of stress.

Take a step back, try and relax. I know it's hard trust me I've been there but it won't happen unless you let it happen and it won't happen until it happens. Just know your doing everything you can and treat yourself and your body good and hopefully in time it happens.

Lots of hugs and your in my thoughts hun. Babydust to you.

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Registered: 09-17-2004
Tue, 01-27-2009 - 8:01am

I think it can definitely play a role in get pg. I am wondering if that is what is causing me to no O at all. And my stress is coming from the same thing as you...all about TTC. I took a break last month from temping and I had a good cycle but now that I started back this month, I'm not Oing at all. I'm REALLY thinking about locking everything up and just not temping for the rest of this cycle or the next. My work place is having a destressing siminar today that I'm going to attend too. Yoga would be great if I had time for it.


Let's just hang in there together and let go mentally of all of this stuff. Better said than done.

Me (Shannon): 30
DH: 31
DS:

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Shannon

Pregnant with #2
BFP on 11 DPO
HCG 17 DPO = 2,000
HCG 20 DPO = 10,979
HCG 23 DPO = 25,588 (u/s showed gestational sac)
27 DPO = u/s showed baby and hearbeat! YAY!