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F O R P A T I E N T S – stress & infertility
Stress and Infertility
Research of Infertility and Stress
Researchers have verified that infertility does cause stress. Domar ( l992) reported that infertile women experience twice the level of depression when compared to their fertile counterparts. And this elevated stress does compromise reproduction. Facchinetti (l997) documented that the higher a woman's vulnerability to stress the lower her pregnancy rates. Sharma and Sharma (l992) documented double the pregnancy rates in women who took anti-anxiety pills.
Domar, a researcher who works at the Mind and Body Institute in Boston which is associated with Harvard Medical School proposes a model that explains the deleterious effects of stress on the reproductive functions. This model was published in The Wellness Book (1992) by Herbert Benson.
Adapted from: A. Domar in The Wellness Book, by H. Benson, l992
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