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Devastation and
Hope
The first day of your cycle can
be an emotional day if you’ve been trying to conceive. It’s a day filled with
both devastation and hope. Whether you’ve been trying to conceive for a couple
of months or for years – seeing that day arrive can be heartbreaking. But it’s
our perception of things that causes us to succeed or fail.
Sure, when you’ve timed lovemaking to guarantee the sperm should meet the egg –
and you’ve imagined all sorts of pregnancy symptoms – and even perhaps convinced
yourself that Yes, you are pregnant - only to see the dreaded red toilet paper
is devastating. I mean, what woman who dearly wants to be pregnant wouldn’t be?
I know I had my days of sheer disappointment. There is another way of viewing it
though. A way that sheds in a little bit of hope.
Yes, I said hope. To view the first day of the cycle as being one of hope sounds
crazy. I know – you think you’ve just proven yourself as a failure at the very
basis of womanhood – you didn’t conceive. But don’t allow those thoughts into
your head. Look at the first day of a new cycle as a new beginning.
It's on cycle day 1 that the body begins the process of looking ahead to the new
month. It begins to prepare a place for that hopeful fertilized egg. I’m a firm
believer in the power of thought and the spoken word. And I’m also guilty of
cutting myself down when I saw my menstrual cycle appear again, month after
month. Stress, even stress brought on my worrisome thoughts, can cause
infertility – it can directly hinder the act of ovulation. This is something we
can control. Our bodies do react to our thoughts and our words.
Much in the way that I believe we can talk ourselves into being sick – I think
we can think and talk ourselves into not conceiving – even if it’s
unintentional. Why not start at the point you are and make a vow. Make a vow
that if your menstrual period appears this next cycle then you will react
differently.
Greet the new cycle with hope. Think those positive thoughts at the beginning
instead of grasping at those positive thought-straws at the end. Sit back for a
few minutes and visualize your body at work. Visualize the blood flowing to your
reproductive organs, bringing in nutrition and health. Picture your ovaries
getting ready to mature and release your egg – the egg that will become your
beautiful baby. Think about your uterus housing your growing baby for 9 months –
lovingly and warm. Embrace the new cycle with hope!
Lori Ramsey's of
Stages in Pregnancy
© 2006 by Lori Ramsey
Reproduction without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.
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