Whether you're trying to conceive naturally or in conjunction with medical treatment, massage may help.

It is a well know Maya abdominal massage increases blood flow in the pelvic area and has a detoxifying action, both of which can be important for fertility. Maya massage is based on healing principles of the Mayan civilization that inhabited the Yucatan Peninsula from about 250 A.D to 900 A.D. Maya abdominal massage is an external massage. The main focus is to reposition a misaligned uterus by softening musculature tensions in the uterus and pelvis. The massage therapist’s intent is to increase blood flow to the uterus and improve chi (“flow of energy”). The Maya abdominal massage results: a feeling of better circulation, no more painful periods, 30 percent improvement in fertility, not having to get up at night to urinate — from a correctly placed uterus.

Research suggests that meditation and related relaxation techniques have been scientifically shown to be highly beneficial to health. Over a thousand research studies, most of them published in well-respected scientific journals, attest to a wide range of measurable improvements in human function as a result of meditative practices. Women struggling with infertility had much less anxiety, depression and fatigue following a 10-week meditation program; 34% became pregnant within six months.

Hypnosis can be used on its own to relax the body and improve your chances of getting pregnant, but it can also help reduce the stress that comes with conventional medical treatments. May 2006 report in Fertility and Sterility showed nearly double the rate of pregnancy via frozen-egg transfer procedures in a group of Israeli women who were treated with hypnotic intervention versus a control group that was not hypnotized