SARAH WAGNER*, 37, USED NUTRITION AND HYPNOTHERAPY
"After my own experiences, I believe totally in alternative therapy. After
two unsuccessful years of private fertility treatment, which cost thousands
of pounds, I was devastated physically and emotionally. Conventional treatment
can wreak havoc on your body and your confidence so I decided to quit my
job, which took a lot of stress off me. Through an infertility support group
I sought the help of a hypnotherapist, Dr Elizabeth Muir, who helped me get
past the mental and emotional trauma of conventional treatment.
We spent a lot of time going through my past and trying to break through
my conviction that I just wasn't meant to be pregnant. She recommended that
I seek the help of a nutritionist, Diane Mills, who put me on a strict regime
of no dairy, wheat or caffeine and lots of supplements. During this time
I also saw an acupuncturist.
I started to exercise and really take care of myself and I began to feel
really good about myself. In less than a year I became pregnant naturally.
I'm convinced that part of my inability to conceive was due to a bad psychological
block. When conventional doctors look at infertility their natural inclination
is to try to find a medical reason. This completely ignores the fact that
there are so many contributing factors to infertility. It can be a psychological
block such as thinking birth is dangerous, or you may think you don't deserve
a baby or have some guilt over something in your sexual history. Because
of this, even if IVF is successful, many women are left completely unprepared
for the experience that follows.
I know I could not have had my son without the support of each of these treatments.
Each contributed something vital to my overall health. My son is now a year
old and my husband and I are currently trying to have another child using
the same methods."
Call Elizabeth Muir on 020 7221 6566.
Call Diane Mills on 020 7224 5053.
*Not her real name.
Reprinted from Here's Health December 1999