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This study conducted at Harvard Medical School showed that 57% of 55 infertile women became pregnant within 6 months after participating in a stress management and lifestyle modification program.
In 1978, the Mind-Body Institute of Harvard Medical School developed a ten-week group program for women with unexplained infertility. Based on coping-skills training, the program involved learning to shift from the stress response to the relaxation response, guided imagery, gentle yoga stretching, good nutrition, education in topics pertinent to fertility, and support from other women in the group. The emphasis of this program is on shifting the focus of life away from conceiving a baby to living a creative, fulfilling life in other regards. The results from this program have been excellent. Almost all the women who completed it had significant reductions in anxiety, anger, and depression, and an increase in vitality and well-being. Although the program is designed only to reduce stress, statistics compiled from the nearly three hundred women who completed the program and were available for follow-u p indicated that 57 percent of them became pregnant within six months of completing the ten-week course. This certainly shows that reducing stress can be beneficial in decreasing infertility.
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