In today's episode I talk with a woman about her very intentional trek through infertility--not intentional in that she was looking for it, but in the ways she managed all the OB, fertility and surgical issues that arose for her. She talks about the importance of educating yourself and advocating for yourself. These are both lessons learned when the absence of both education and advocacy had real consequences for her. She shares both what didn't work and what ultimately did work (spoiler: it was hypnosis), and how it has changed her life. What follows is the first part of our conversation.

Chances of Getting pregnant in a cycle
https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(16)62849-2/fulltext

https://www.acog.org/womens-health/experts-and-stories/the-latest/trying-to-get-pregnant-heres-when-to-have-sex

What's Endometriosis?
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/endometriosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20354656

Hydrosalpinx
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24437-hydrosalpinx

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320677#infertility

Hypnosis for Health
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2515690X17748744

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0156911

https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1567722/1/Barry%20et%20al%202017%20Relaxation%20%2526%20androgens%20in%20PCOS%20published%20in%20CH%2526IT.pdf

Podcast with Dr. David Spiegel (hypnosis)