To put it mildly, going through fertility treatment can be stressful. Developing a personalized plan to help you maintain equilibrium and find your center throughout treatment is the ultimate goal for our mental health counselors. The number one reason patients drop out of fertility treatment is stress.

That's why mental health counseling is so critical. It can help you process your feelings and experiences, making the journey more manageable so you can remain in treatment and achieve your dreams.

To access mental health support, talk to your Illume Patient Navigator. Acupuncturist Dr. Amy Matton explores how fertility acupuncture can increase your chances of success with fertility treatment, lower stress and anxiety, and improve overall well being. When Illume's Patient Advocate Lisa Rosenthal went through her own family-building journey, she recognized the lack of support and community - and didn't want anyone to go through fertility treatment feeling that sense of loneliness.

She brings many years of personal experience as an infertility and PCOS patient, a yogi, and a patient advocate to the table, allowing her to empathize with patients on a deeper level.

She is also the founder and teacher of Fertile Yoga , a gentle yoga and mindfulness practice that has been proven to reduce stress and increase hopefulness for fertility patients.

To register for an upcoming yoga classes or support group, visit our events calendar. Learn more about support groups and yoga by watching Lisa's Instagram Live.

The following was shared by an anonymous IVF patient, in her own words:. After meeting with Dr. Murdock, I did one more IUI, and then my husband and I decided to move on to IVF.

I had to take a few months off of work because of COVID, which was another stressor during this process! I was actually supposed to start IVF in March , but I ended up starting in May My first transfer was unsuccessful, but my second transfer led to a baby boy, born in March I am endlessly thankful to everyone at Illume Fertility for our little miracle.

My husband and I also saw Melissa Kelleher for couples counseling , which helped us get through some of the toughest parts of IVF. When I went into my successful transfer, I was so calm, and I have no doubt that helped in our outcome.

I would also say to trust your doctors and nurses, and to stay away from the internet! Everyone's situation is so different, so don't compare yourself to others. Lastly, be kind to your body and your mind. This is not an easy road, but there will be an end.

Curious to learn more about how our experienced team of medical and wellness professionals can help you achieve your fertility and family-building goals?

Schedule your first consultation today. Sierra Dehmler. Combining empathy gained on her personal journey with her professional experience in marketing and content creation, she aims to empower and support other fertility patients by demystifying the fertility treatment process.

Here's everything to know about selecting the best doctor for you, and what to look for on your search. Skip to main content. Mental Health. Learn how holistic care can improve your experience and increase your chances of fertility treatment success.

Skip to a section: What to Look for in a Fertility Clinic What is integrated fertility care? What to Look for in a Fertility Clinic When you're searching for the right fertility practice to help grow your family, there are some obvious considerations.

These typically include the following factors: Location: Does the clinic have offices near where I live and work? Success rates: Does the clinic or provider have a proven track record of success?

Bedside manner: Do I feel comfortable and taken care of by the provider s? Communication: Is it easy to get answers and talk to the clinic's staff? What is integrated fertility care? How can integrated fertility care help me?

Get to know each of our providers: Melissa Kelleher , LCSW, Fertility Counselor Dr. Amy Matton , MSTOM, L.

Elaine M. Malin , MTCM, L. Acupuncture for Fertility Did you know that acupuncture is been shown to help enhance fertility? To learn more or make an appointment, please call Dr. Matton at When facing a diagnosis of infertility, many patients tend to focus only on fertility treatments.

After all, their goal is to conceive and bring home a healthy baby. However, taking care of yourself is just as important as any treatment you will receive from the doctors at our Dallas fertility center. Interested in holistic fertility care that addresses your physical and emotional well-being?

Contact us to schedule an appointment at our Dallas fertility center and see the difference that comprehensive care can make on your journey to parenthood. Dallas IVF offers holistic fertility care because the mind-body connection matters Our Dallas fertility center offers holistic fertility care because every member of our team is committed to taking care of both your physical and emotional health.

What is holistic fertility care? Acupuncture can help patients who are struggling with infertility or undergoing fertility treatment. In addition to helping with relaxation and stress relief, acupuncture may help with conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS and endometriosis.

It can also provide relief from the side effects of fertility medications, including bloating and nausea.

Yoga can help reduce stress and improve the connection between mind and body, which can be helpful when dealing with an infertility diagnosis and the resulting treatment.

Still, availability, access, and quality of activities to address involuntary infertility remain a challenge in most countries, even though infertility has significant negative social impacts on the lives of infertile couples and particularly women, who frequently experience violence, divorce, social stigma, emotional stress, depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem WHO.

In African countries, involuntary infertility is rising. It is almost twice as high in African countries as in high-income countries. It comes with devastating social, cultural, emotional, and economic consequences, and access to assisted reproductive services remains a huge challenge.

Patients who can afford to, fly to South Africa for treatment. Those who cannot are forced to live with the condition for the rest of their lives DW. All across the world, they often do not get the comprehensive reproductive and sexual health counseling, screenings, or care they need, because of barriers including provider bias, social stigma, and legal and financial restrictions.

In the approximately 70 countries where same-sex relationships are still illegal, the barriers are immeasurably higher. In Nigeria, even heterosexual family members, allies, and friends who support or aid gay and lesbian men and women risk a year jail sentence themselves SRHM.

While decriminalization does not automatically result in better access to quality health care, it would still lead to improved access to services by giving them a platform to fight for their rights. Digital solutions are helping to broaden accessibility: Many queer couples and single people are circumventing traditional fertility clinics and services and are using apps to find sperm donors, egg donors, surrogates, and co-parents.

The tilted uterus which conventional practitioners told me was nothing to worry about. Trish said a prayer for us, we said our goodbyes, and my husband and I went on our way to vacation.

I never expected the result I saw. I am now 33 weeks along and have had an uncomplicated, healthy, pregnancy and am anticipating an uncomplicated delivery. Never in a million years did I think it would be such a simple fix! Thanks to Trish and the way she changed my life!

A new mother. After just one session you go home knowing how to perform an Arvigo abdominal massage on yourself, so much knowledge that can change your health and your whole life, all from just one appointment.

Trish radiates an energy of non-judgment that immediately makes you feel comfortable in her office. Michelle H. Trish helps women be more empowered and heal their own bodies.

It took me over a year to get the courage to call Trish for a holistic care visit. I had unexplained infertility issues in addition to traumatic labor and delivery with my first child. I knew about her services and how valuable those were but was so hopeless that I couldn't have made up my mind even to try.

Had I known that many changes would happen in my body and mind, I would have called the second I learn[ed] about her. From the first consultation call to our last session, Trish has been very resourceful and satisfying with her deep knowledge and willingness to share her knowledge with me.

She takes her time to listen to you and focus on what you have to say in order to connect with you and provide the necessary treatment s for your body. The sessions are long and Trish makes sure you are not rushed. After our treatment, I have a perfectly healthy period and a better connection with my body.

Upon her recommendations, I even got my beautiful waistline back, which I had forgotten about due to diastasis recti. Above all, Trish helped me to come in terms with my delivery trauma, face my fears, and accept my reality to make it better for me and my family. She is more than a holistic practitioner for me but has become a trusted friend.

I am grateful that our paths have crossed! Now, I have become a better, stronger woman than I first met Trish! This includes examining health history, symptoms, eating habits, exercise, sleep, relationships, etc… under the premise that everything is interconnected and influences each other.

This relationality is at the centre of how. I deliver my treatments and services, which I view as a collaboration between myself and my client. This results all too often in people suffering from chronic conditions such as PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids , or debilitatingly, painful periods that impact the quality of their life.

Conventional medicine typically offers pharmaceutical medications or surgery. Although these options may be necessary or satisfying solutions for some, many are left craving something more.

Something restorative. Someone to hear them, someone who can point them toward reliable resources or take the time to help them understand what is going on inside their body and what their options are. The modalities I use are massage therapy, castor oil packs, vaginal steams, nutritional and herbal remedies.

I am also able to interpret lab results and happy to collaborate with other healthcare professionals you may be working with. My clientele is broad. age range. The one common denominator that links all of the people I work with is a willingness to actively participate in their healing process. I am committed to offering accessible services by providing sliding scale spots and through education and resources with the goal of collective empowerment.

The initial consultation is for individuals who have a specific reproductive or digestive issue that they want to solve and are ready to commit to a treatment plan. Contact me directly for details.

This includes muscle strains, ligament sprains, carpal tunnel, sciatica, post-surgical rehabilitation, TMJ, scoliosis, pinched nerves, and tendinitis to name a few.

As a naturally curious person who appreciates life's mysteries, I enjoy using my creativity and caring heart to create customized massage sessions for all those who seek my services with the intention of having you move and feel your best. My approach is to get your body so supple and relaxed that any tension, knots, or sticky spots melt into the abyss from which they came.

An initial appointment is always at least a 60 min massage and all clients will submit an intake form via email prior to the appointment. Healers in Central America have been practicing these noninvasive, hands-on manipulation techniques for thousands of years.

This therapeutic massage works to eliminate the primary cause of reproductive and digestive complaints in all genders by repositioning the reproductive organs and assisting the flow of fluids and energy to nourish and repair the organs and systems naturally.

Herbal and dietary education, castor oil packs and vaginal steams are complementary elements of this healing modality. The session is 90 minutes and consists of a brief assessment, the massage, and teaching you how to do self-massage at home for maintenance.

A handout is included. Depending upon the needs of the client, a vaginal stream may also be included in the session. The Arvigo prenatal massage specifically supports the needs of the pregnant body throughout gestation.

It is a version of the "sobado", a special pregnancy massage traditional Mayan and Mexican midwives would perform at prenatal appointments. The blessings of this nurturing treatment are experienced both while receiving your massage and afterward.

Not only does the Arvigo prenatal massage melt away tension and relieve aching muscles, it improves circulation and digestion, removes toxins from the body, alleviates nerve compression, enhances nutrient and oxygen delivery to your baby and aligns the uterus, encouraging an optimal fetal position and hence a more efficient labour!

Note: this is not an External Cephalic Version. ATMAT positions the uterus, not the baby. A study concluded that pregnant people who received massage throughout pregnancy decreased their chances of having a premature baby, experienced significant less pain and had on average a 3 hour shorter labour.

ATMAT pregnancy massage is also fantastic for individuals who are concerned with going beyond dates. Recipients will also learn a special self-care abdominal massage routine, which they can do at home to enhance and maintain the healing. For drawing the maximum benefits of this therapy, regular sessions are recommended.

A warm and heartfelt thank you to the Maya people, whose wisdom brought forth these brilliant techniques. This session is designed for the birthing person and their partner or primary support person to enter the birthing space empowered and with confidence.

Together we will review the stages of labour, explore helpful labour positions and practice hands-on pain management techniques your partner can use to help take the edge off of contractions. An intake form is filled out prior to the session so it can be tailored to your specific needs and desired outcomes.

A follow-up handout is also emailed afterwards so you don't have to worry about forgetting any important gems. Are you ready to feel beautiful and brave? A vaginal steam is a complimentary modality used in conjunction with abdominal massage.

It aids in cleansing the uterine mucous membranes when there is an accumulation of debris, which would be indicated by painful periods or dark, thick blood at the onset or end of menstruation. It is also useful postpartum, post miscarriage, right before an IUI or IVF or as part of a healing protocol for fibroids, cysts or endometriosis.

In most cases, if a steam is needed, it will be an extension of the client's abdominal massage treatment. A stand-alone vaginal steam session is commonly used by clients who are doing self-care massage at home and would like steam prior to a fertility treatment.

I have endometriosis and underwent excision surgery 5 months ago. I wanted to try coming off my medication which is used to suppress endometriosis by causing temporary menopause , however, whenever I would try to reduce my dose, I would experience ongoing pain radiating from my left ovary.

I was a bit nervous, especially having had surgery recently. Elizabeth immediately put me at ease and made sure I was comfortable. She was kind, respectful, and receptive, and invited me to provide feedback during the session anytime I needed something adjusted. In just one session, I was able to come off my medication and stay pain-free!

This was an absolutely life-changing experience. I continued seeing Elizabeth a couple more times for fascial work and abdominal massage, as I found it incredibly beneficial for my mobility issues and for post-surgery recovery.

I cannot recommend her enough. Elizabeth is a gifted and skilled practitioner. I am eternally grateful for the freedom she has given me. My husband and I were trying to get pregnant for over a year so I decided to try Arvigo massages, as I heard that they are good for fertility.

Elizabeth makes you feel comfortable from the first moment you enter the Omlaila sanctuary and while she provides an excellent service. I knew I was in the right hands. Her studio is amazing!

She recommended me to follow a 3 month plan to detox my body and daily self- massages that she taught me. After those 3 months I got PREGNANT.

We were so happy. I continued with prenatal and postnatal massages and we had a beautiful and healthy baby girl.