Yoga for Fertility

Our IVF clinic recommends yoga for fertility during treatment and, given I really enjoy flow/vinyasa yoga, I thought this might be something worth pursuing. After trying to find a new studio that does fertility yoga and having no luck locally, I reached out to the studio I've attended in the past for flow.

While they don't have fertility yoga either, the owner suggested meeting for a private class or two to learn some modifications on sequences frequently used in their regular classes so I could attend those while also doing what's best for my body during stimming (otherwise known as when my ovaries are the size of a small bunch of grapes). I decided to get a package that includes two private sessions and two weeks of unlimited yoga.

Yesterday I had my first private session and it was awesome. I'm a bit sore today, but after five weeks of being a couch potato, I kind of expected I'd be hurting. The soreness is all muscle/exercise related, which is a relief given I was worried I might not be healing properly from my surgery to remove my tubes.

My next private session is in two weeks and while I don't need to use these strategies until I stimming starts, I'm probably going to go to a few classes between now and the next private session to practice the modifications.