Re: can stress and crying prevent conception or harm a fetus
From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:21:33 -0500 (CDT)
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At Wed, 31 Jul 2002, stressed wrote:
>
>My husband and I are currently posted overseas, living on the local
>economy. Our tour here is over and we come home to the states next
>February (woohoo). In the meantime, we are getting fertility treatments
>here because it is much cheaper here than in the states. We did get
>pregnant, but miscarried a few months ago.
>
>We have been having some neighbor problems that have escalated to an
>extent that I do not feel safe leaving or entering my home without
>someone with me, which severly limits my ability to live my life. I'm
>in tears or on the verge of tears much of the time this last few weeks
>over this situation. Since we have so little time left in country, we
>cannot move to another home. Because no physical harm has come to us,
>there's nothing that can really be done, not that we trust the local
>police force that much anyway.
>
>I had an ultrasound on Monday and am all set to ovulate, everything
>looks great. I wonder, however, if the stress of my neighbor situation
>can prevent us from conceiving or if I do get pregnat harm the fetus in
>anyway.
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R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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