Before you conceive

Getting pregnant is not just a physical affair.

Story: Saskia Roell

Eating healthy foods is essential for preparing your body to conceive. But it’s not the whole picture. Your physical, emotional and mental bodies work seamlessly together. If you are eating too much junk food, it can create hormonal imbalances. But if you are relentlessly depriving yourself of foods you love, you are probably living in a guilty, unhappy mood much of the time. I believe getting pregnant should be fun, not a chore.

Fertility is a Body Mind affair. When there is a lot of stress, it affects your body’s hormones, not to mention your mood and your thoughts. Scientific research has proved that when Body Mind work is included with intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF), the success rate goes from 10-20 percent to 42-52 percent. Of women who did natural conception and did a Body Mind program, 55 percent got pregnant within six months, and 95 percent got pregnant within two years. So, it’s important to have a healthy mind in a healthy body. Here are four steps to ensure you have a healthy body and a healthy mind so conception is a wonderful journey you’ll never forget: from conception. you will change your mind.

Reconnect With Your Body

A lot of women are so focused on what’s wrong with their body that they body again.

Before you go to bed and just after you wake up, place one hand over your your belly, imagine that same love and give it to your belly, to your womb. Now your body.

YOUR BABY WANTS TO COME TO YOU

Feed your body with healthy food and feed your mind with healthy, positive happy mom.

EAT HEALTHY BUT DON’T FORGET TO HAVE FUN

Food can have a tremendous effect on your health. It’s important to eat lots of organic fruits, vegetables, lean meat and fish. Taking good supplements is vital. However, don’t go overboard.

Trying to get pregnant can destroy your life balance. It can feel as if your life is on hold. Your relationship with your husband can be tough, because nothing’s fun anymore, and lovemaking is a chore. If you have a glass of wine, you feel guilty and beat yourself up. And you always think you’re not doing enough.

When I see a woman who feels guilty because she’s had a sip of wine, I see a stressed-out woman who gets cranky on her date night with her husband. Getting pregnant is not just a physical affair. It’s so important to apply the 80/20 rule. Eat healthily, and every now and then, eat something you love.

ABOUT THE WRITER → and a speaker.

Have your guilty pleasure. Your baby wants to come to a happy mom. When you are happier, your husband is happier. You’re more attracted to your husband. You see other pregnant women and think, “That’s me!” You begin to believe, behave and embody your fertile energy. You are in “conceive mode.” Your body can now open up to conceive.