Fertility treatment can feel as though your life is on hold and it is hard to move forward or plan your future. Sometimes you feel as though you cannot confide in anyone who will understand what you are going through. We at Southend Fertility Clinic we are here to support you during what can be a difficult time for you and your family. From your first contact with us, we aim at understanding your needs, enabling you to get all the information you need in order to make a decision about your next steps.
How could infertility counseling help?

Research has shown that infertility often has a stressful impact on relationships and can affect a couple’s sex life. The condition is isolating and can impact on how a couple communicate with each other and with the people around them. There can be a profound sense of loss and grief which can impact on closeness. Infertility can also carry with it a sense of denial with sadness and shock borne individually when pregnancy does not materialize. There can also be feelings of fear, guilt and abandonment from the partner who feels the problem lies with them. Women can feel less feminine and men can feel less masculine in the face of infertility.

Infertility can also put stress on your relationship, with studies showing that couples dealing with infertility are more likely to feel unhappy with themselves and their marriages. It is important to express the feelings of sadness, loss and anger and to have good support from people around you who understand your position. Counselling is an opportunity to explore any emotional difficulty, fears and anxieties, or distress that you might experience during your fertility journey. It can help you to cope, make choices, and change aspects of your situation. It doesn’t involve giving advice or direction to take a particular course of action; at times it may involve providing information. Our counsellor is here so you can express your emotions freely in a supportive environment.

At Southend Fertility Clinic we believe in the word of God that says ; there shall be no barren in the land sayeth the Lord of Host.