Infertility Teleconference Support Group

Infertility Teleconference Support Group

On Monday, I was fortunate to be a guest on Louise Crook’s blog radio talk show. It gave me a wonderful opportunity to talk about my book I Am More Than My Infertility: 7 Proven Tools for Turning a Life Crisis into a Personal Breakthrough.

Another wonderful opportunity that I wanted to share is the start of an infertility support group, teleconference style. Beginning on November 3 at noon (EST), Louise Crook facilitating a support group, and limiting the participants to just 6 women. The focus is to provide a place to “be heard, speak authentically, and help you take small steps to create your amazing future.” Louise is also going to include strategies and support on ways to handle friends and family over the holidays.

Everyone knows the healing power of infertility support groups, so please check this one out. Just log onto www.lifebalanceinfertilitycoach.wordpress.com, to learn more abour Louise Crook and the support she offers.

Life in Balance inFertility Coach, interviews Marina Lombardo

Life coach Louise Crooks will be interviewing Marina Lombard co-author of I Am More Than My Infertility – 7 Proven Tools for Turning a Life Crisis into a Personal Breakthrough on Monday 27th at 4pm Eastern.  (-5hr GMT).

Marina will speak candidly about the emotional journey of infertility and will share tips you can use to manage your journey. Questions are welcome.  Just call in the number provided on the screen -  once you have clicked on the link.   If you register on the site, you will also be able to participate in the chat room, and comment or ask questions there.

If you miss the show, you will be able to access to the archived podcast at the same link.

Please tell anyone you think might find this information valuable or of interest.

Louise Crooks is Your LifeBalanceinFertility Coach and a (professional member of Resolve).
To learn more about Louise visit www.lifebalanceinfertilitycoach.wordpress.com

Exercise and Fertility

Earlier this month, I presented at a local Resolve meeting. The topic was 7 Proven Tools to Create Family-Friendly Holidays. The theme focused on how to use the tools of my book, I Am More Than My Infertility, 7 Proven Tools for Turning a Life Crisis into a Personal Breakthrough to create meaningful holidays.

During the course of the evening, the conversation about the first tool, Take Care of Your Body, evolved into a discussion about exercise, and its relationship to fertiity. Exercise is important, no question about it. Regular exercise can have a profound, positive impact both emotionally and physically. But with infertility issues, too much exercise can also compromise your ability to conceive.

So–the audience came up with some wonderful suggestions on how to exercise in safe ways that I wanted to share.

Walking: Always number one on any exercise. Even a 15 minute stroll can pump up well-being. And don’t forget small opportunities for extra steps: in the parking lot, up a flight a stairs, even across the room.

Senior Activities: Most community centers or YMCA’s have senior exercise programs: stretching, yoga, even light aerobics. Usually these are perfectly safe for fertility patients.

Water Aerobics: Again, low impact and safe.

Of course, always check with your doctor if you have any concerns.

And if anyone has any other suggestions, please share.

Marina

Infertility Resource & Support Group of Central Florida Presents: Marina Lombardo

REMINDER for October 14: Infertility Resource & Support Group of Central Florida Presents:

Marina Lombardo, LCSW

Author of: “I Am More than My Infertility:  7 Proven Tools for Turning a Life Crisis into a Personal Breakthrough“

Marina will be discussing the topic of Creating Family-Friendly Holidays.

Date:           Tuesday – October 14^th

Time:          7:00 pm – 9:00 pm   (Doors Open at 6:45 pm)

Cost:           Free – Donations to the Infertility Resource & Support Group of Central Florida gladly accepted

Place:         Rachel D. Murrah Civic Center of Winter Park, 1050 West Morse Boulevard, Winter Park, FL 32789

Meeting Room funded by: RESOLVE Affiliate of Central Florida

Resolve Affiliate of Central Florida 407-637-0142 www.resolveofcentralflorida.org

Resolve National Help Line: 1-888-623-0744 www.resolve.org

Infertility Resource and Support of Central Florida is an affiliate of RESOLVE, Inc. a non-profit National Infertility Association.  RESOLVE meets the second Tuesday of the month and provides peer support and information for those experiencing infertility. RESOLVE is not directly affiliated with any health care provider, institution or agency.  RESOLVE chapters are run by volunteers and supported by your generous donations.  Wherever you are in your journey for a child please join us.  Couples and individuals are welcome.

Nicole Kidman credits “fertile water” for her pregnancy

According to Nicole Kidman, swimming in the waters of a small outback town during the recent filming of “Australia,” an epic love story, caused her to become pregnant.

In an exclusive interview in the Australian Women’s Weekly, the 41-year-old actress shared that “seven babies were conceived out of this film, and only one was a boy. There is something up there in the Kununurra water, because we all went swimming in the waterfalls, so we can call it the fertility waters now.”

Truly, I don’t know what to make of this story. Of course, it’s wonderful to believe that it’s possible that magical waters can cause miraculous things to happen, especially for those who have struggled to have a baby.  But there’s always a danger that this willingness to believe can lead to an overstretch of imagination, and ultimately, disappointment.

Any opinions?

Marina