How to Survive the Two Week Wait? - INFERTILITY THERAPIST Advice

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What is the two week wait in IVF?
The IVF two week wait (tww or 2ww) is the time period between embryo transfer and receiving the final pregnancy results. It is the generally considered to the final phase of the IVF process.


Unfortunately, without adequate preparation for the 2ww emotional rollercoaster of what to do during the two wait versus what not to do during the two week wait, many women and couples in the trying to conceive (ttc) community can experience significant adverse impacts on their mental health such as infertility depression and anxiety. This is because you are left all alone with your thoughts, hyper vigilance to sensations, and fears that the cycle will not yield a positive pregnancy test result after all that has been sacrificed in this process. These tww psycho-emotional symptoms are widely considered to be the most stressful phase of the IVF process.

In this video, infertility therapist Marissa Nelson LMFT CST CSE walks you through the causes of two week wait anxiety, and provides you with a proven mental health routine of how to survive the two week wait. Let’s beat infertility depression and anxiety together.


How do you survive the two-week wait?
Marissa advises that rather than being held psychologically hostage to the two week wait, one key to surviving and thriving through this period is use the two week wait as an opportunity to reconnect to yourself and reclaim your power.

To do this your daily self-care routine must be focused on healing

Commit to Investing 30 minutes, twice a day to the following:
• Meditate (10 minutes) - to achieve a calm and stable state
• Journal (10 minutes) - to open up and explore the positive spaces within you
• Gratitude (10 minutes) - to honor yourself and visualize new possibilities.

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About Us:

Marissa Nelson is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Certified Sex Therapist (CST) and Certified Sexuality Educator (CSE) who has been helping couples and singles for the past decade. Marissa is the founder of IntimacyMoons, the premier luxury retreat experience voted “Best Couples Retreat” by Women’s Health, LiveStrong, Bustle & Black Enterprise Magazines. Having went through four years of infertility prior to having her own rainbow baby, she decided to turn tragedy to triumph in specializing as an infertility therapist, and is presently a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

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