Are you in the middle of your two-week wait to get your positive pregnancy test and freaking out
Keep watching because I'm going to give you some tips on how to make it through.
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Hi, I'm Dr. Mark Sklar The Fertility Expert and Welcome back to fertility TV
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I've been helping couples from all over the world get pregnant for over 17 years with
my virtual consultations and online fertility programs. If you're trying to get pregnant,
subscribe and hit the bell so I can help you too. And there's no other way to empower your
fertility than making it through the two week wait, this is time where patients tell me
that they have the hardest time making it through. It's difficult. It's challenging
because all you're doing is waiting and waiting is boring. And what happens when you're bored?
You think a lot and you worry and you get concerned. So the first thing I want you to
know is that you should feel confident and trust that everything you've done up until
this point has been perfect and nothing's going to go wrong at this point.
So just trust in yourself and trust in the process. My little suggestions on what you
can do during this two-week wait are this, the first one is community support. It might
sound strange, but I think we all succeed better when we're supported and there's no
better way to get support and to have a community of people around you who know what's going
on and who are going to shed, give you love and affection and give you all the things
that you need. So community support is important. Now I know a lot of you out there and thinking,
what do you mean community support? I've got to tell people that I'm going through IVF.
You don't have to tell the world that you're going through IVF, but you can certainly reach
out to one, two, three people outside of your partner and let them know what you're going
through and let them know that you need a little bit of support.
You need someone to lean on. You needed a shoulder to hold on to. You know, you're not
asking them for guidance. You're not asking them for a ton of suggestions, you're not
asking them to be critical or anything like that. You're just asking to be a friend and
be there for you, an ear to listen to you to support you. So I think this one is really
important. I have found that the patients who have that have better results and go through
it a little bit calmer, more relaxed and a little bit happier. So if you are going through
the two week wait and you have something that you believe has made that process easier for
yourself, why don't you share it with all of us? Because I'm sure we could all use that,
that little thing that's benefited you to benefit all of us.
So comment below and let us know how you got through your two week. Wait, my second suggestion
is behave as if you're already pregnant for all intensive purposes you are, that embryo
is inside the uterus, it's implanted when you get your positive pregnancy test, it's
counting from back when the transfer happens. So you're already pregnant. Now start behaving
and thinking as if you are, have that smile on your face. Let that pregnancy glow come
out and start thinking and behaving like you're already pregnant, which makes it easier when
you have to make choices because if you have to make choices about things like should I
or shouldn't I? The first question you should ask yourself is, well, I'm pregnant. Should
I do this? The answer will come naturally. And then number three, which is also key,
is journal. Write down your thoughts. Write down your emotions, write down what you're
grateful for. Journal. Get out what's going on inside
here and put it down on paper. It makes the whole process a lot easier and simpler. Okay,
so if you're thinking something, put it down on paper so you can stop ruminating about
it and stop thinking about it. Hopefully that makes your two week wait a little bit easier
and maybe all the tips that everyone is commenting below will also help you out. And then I'll
see you in my next video
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