Fertility and mental health: "Is stress stopping me from getting pregnant?"
Too Much Information, the women's health podcast
Why do I feel so anxious trying to conceive? Can stress really stop you from getting pregnant? How can I protect my mental health during TTC or IVF?
On this episode of Too Much Information, Issy speaks to Helen Davenport-Peace, a fertility yoga teacher, doula and trainee psychotherapist specialising in reproductive trauma and supporting the fertility journey.
Together, they unpack the emotional side of trying for a baby, and unpick the myths around stress and conception.
Helen shares her own five-year journey to having her son through IVF, and the mental toll of waiting and uncertainty.
Issy offers her perspective from someone who has been trying for under a year, but still feeling the pressure.
This episode is for you if you are:
- on a fertility journey, no matter how long or shortworried stress might be affect your fertilityoverwhelmed by fertility marketingdreading the next two week waitstruggling with anxiety or sleep while TTCfeeling lonely or guilty on your fertility journeytrying to support a friend who's in the thick of it.
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Fertility and mental-health support:
- Charities: Fertility Network UK | Fertility Action | The Fertility AllianceEmotional support and counselling: BICAPodcast: Don't Tell Me to RELAX
About our guest:
Helen Davenport-Peace helps others navigate the emotional impact of trying to conceive. She works virtually and from her studio near Manchester. Her private practice, A Space for Becoming, will open in 2026.
- Website: helendavenportpeace.comInstagram: @helendavenportpeace