My good friend Ally informed me yesterday of this little gem from “Glamour:”
If You Want To Have A Baby…Now
Relax.
When stressed, your body releases cortisol, a hormone that can suppress ovulation. Try meditation or yoga.
Know the facts.
If you’re under 35 and don’t get pregnant after a year, see an M.D. (after 35, half a year). Don’t panic: 70 percent of couples conceive in the first six months.
Wouldn’t it be nice if magazines said, “If you want to have a baby now, LEARN HOW YOUR REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM WORKS. Put down this damn magazine that is nothing but brain candy and pick up a book that will teach you how your body works,” instead of, “Relax for a year (or six months), then call a doctor.”
Nah. That wouldn’t be cute. Educating myself isn’t funsies and trendy like yoga and meditation.
Grr.
And somewhere out there, an idiot is telling her husband that yoga gets her pregnant.
Lucky for him, it might make her really bendy. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
I thought sperm got you pregnant.
I saw this – stupid Glamour. The part that go me is that it says “wait until it’s been a year” and then follows it up w/ the 70 % thing – it’s like “umm, you kinda just contradicted yourself there a bit.
And if yoga gets you pg then I’ve apparently been doing it wrong.
Glamour is the worst. I really think it is one the fluffiest of all the chick mags.
I knew there was a reason I didn’t like Glamor.
How infuriating. I got so sick of hearing “just relax” when dealing with IF, it’s so insulting. Some of us actually research and know what the heck is going on with our bodies. I’d love a REAL article on getting pregnant that tells you how badly it sucks when it doesn’t work and how relaxing doesn’t do jack when you’ve got effed up ovaries.