There was probably a time when your body was simply your body.
You lived in it.
Moved in it.
Had sex in it.
Got dressed in it.
Went to work in it.
Maybe you liked it.
Maybe you struggled with it.
But it was still somewhere you lived.
Then fertility became difficult.
Or you became pregnant and experienced a loss.
And suddenly your relationship with your body changed.
Your body became:
something you monitored.
Something you tested.
Something you waited on.
Something doctors scanned.
Something numbers described.
Something that was either “responding” or “not responding.”
Something that became pregnant.
Or didn't.
Something that carried a pregnancy.
Then didn't.
And after that, the body that once felt like home can begin to feel like something you no longer completely trust.
You might think:
Why didn't my body do what it was supposed to do?
How can I trust it again?
What if it happens again?
How am I supposed to feel safe in a future pregnancy when I now know what can go wrong?
You may even feel betrayed.
And then guilty for feeling betrayed by your own body.
I think this is one of the least understood parts of fertility struggles and pregnancy loss.
The loss is not always only the pregnancy.
Sometimes you also lose the relationship you once had with your own body.
Why do fertility struggles change the way I feel about my body?
Because the body becomes central to something that matters enormously.
When conception is difficult, you may begin relating to your body through outcomes.
Did you ovulate?
How many follicles?
What was the hormone level?
Did the embryo implant?
Is the pregnancy progressing?
Suddenly your body is being evaluated.
Repeatedly.
And evaluation changes relationships.
You begin looking for:
evidence.
signs.
failure.
progress.
Risk.
Every cycle produces another judgement.
Did my body work this month?
This can become particularly painful when medical language enters the picture.
“Poor responder.”
“Low reserve.”
“Failed cycle.”
“Recurrent loss.”
Even when those terms have clinical meanings, a woman can hear something much more personal:
My body is defective.
And that meaning can become incredibly difficult to carry.
Why do I feel like my body failed me?
Because you wanted your body to do something deeply meaningful.
And it didn't happen in the way you hoped.
Or it began happening and then stopped.
The emotional conclusion can become:
My body failed.
But I want to distinguish a reproductive outcome from moral failure.
A pregnancy loss is not evidence that your body failed at being a body.
Difficulty conceiving is not evidence that you have failed at being a woman.
And importantly, pregnancy loss is usually not caused by something you did or did not do.
Healthdirect notes that most miscarriages occur because of developmental problems with the pregnancy, rather than because of the pregnant person's actions.
That fact does not remove grief.
But it matters because many women carry guilt alongside loss.
Was I too stressed?
Did I exercise too much?
Did I think negatively?
Did I somehow cause this?
You do not need another story that turns tragedy into self-blame.
Why do I feel betrayed by my body after miscarriage?
Because trust often depends on expectation.
You expected:
pregnancy to continue.
Your body to tell you if something was wrong.
The scan to be reassuring.
The bleeding not to happen.
Then something occurred that you could not control.
Now your body can feel unpredictable.
Perhaps even dangerous.
You may think:
How could I ever relax in my body again when I know it can do this?
That reaction makes sense.
Pregnancy loss is a significant negative life event, and recurrent loss may intensify grief. ESHRE specifically recommends that the psychosocial needs of couples experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss are taken into account as part of care.
The psychological impact is real.
It deserves care in its own right.
Why am I scared to try again after pregnancy loss?
Because wanting another pregnancy and fearing another loss can exist at exactly the same time.
Part of you says:
I want to try again.
Another part says:
Absolutely not. I cannot survive that again.
That conflict can be incredibly painful.
You may desperately want to move forward while also dreading:
the positive test.
The first scan.
Every bathroom visit.
Every cramp.
Every symptom.
Every lack of symptom.
Every week associated with the previous loss.
Trying again can mean reopening yourself to hope.
And once hope has been followed by loss, hope no longer feels innocent.
It feels risky.
Why can't I enjoy a new pregnancy after a loss?
Because pregnancy no longer means only possibility.
It may also mean vulnerability.
Before loss, a positive pregnancy test may have represented:
We're having a baby.
After loss, it may become:
I'm pregnant today. But will I still be pregnant next week?
That is a profound shift.
You may struggle to:
buy baby items.
tell people.
imagine the future.
Say “when the baby comes.”
You say:
If everything is okay.
You check for bleeding.
Monitor symptoms.
Feel frightened when nausea decreases.
Feel frightened when cramps appear.
Feel frightened when nothing appears.
The mind begins treating every bodily change as potentially important.
That does not mean you are ungrateful for the pregnancy.
It means joy is now sharing the room with memory.
Why am I constantly checking my body after pregnancy loss?
Because monitoring feels protective.
You think:
If I pay enough attention, maybe I can catch something earlier.
You notice:
cramps.
Discharge.
Breast tenderness.
Fatigue.
Every trip to the bathroom.
Every sensation.
Your body becomes a source of possible threat information.
This is a familiar anxiety process.
The mind believes:
If I remain vigilant, I won't be blindsided again.
But vigilance cannot create complete certainty.
So the monitoring continues.
And now you may spend enormous amounts of time inside your body without actually feeling connected to it.
You are not inhabiting it.
You are inspecting it.
There is a difference between body awareness and body surveillance.
This distinction is important.
Body awareness is:
What am I feeling?
What do I need?
Am I tired?
Hungry?
Comfortable?
In pain?
Body surveillance is:
What does this sensation mean?
Is something wrong?
Is this a sign?
Should I be worried?
What if it happens again?
The body becomes something you stand outside and monitor.
And that is exhausting.
Part of rebuilding body trust may involve moving, slowly, from:
What is my body going to do to me?
toward:
What is it like to be inside my body right now?
Those are very different experiences.
What does “trust your body” even mean after loss?
This phrase can become incredibly painful.
Someone says:
Trust your body.
And you think:
I did. Look what happened.
So I use the language carefully.
Body trust does not have to mean:
My body will never lose another pregnancy.
No therapist can promise that.
It does not mean:
Everything in my body always works perfectly.
Bodies are biological.
They experience illness.
Fertility difficulties.
Pain.
Pregnancy loss.
Uncertainty.
For me, body trust is something more grounded.
It may become:
I can listen to my body without constantly fearing it.
I can seek medical care without treating myself like a broken project.
I can feel grief without blaming my body for causing it.
I can stay connected to myself even when I do not have guarantees.
Trust is not certainty.
How do I trust my body when it has been through IVF or fertility treatment?
Fertility treatment can create an intensely medicalised relationship with the body.
Your body becomes:
injections.
Blood tests.
Ultrasounds.
Procedures.
Medication.
Hormone levels.
Egg numbers.
Embryos.
Transfer dates.
Outcome statistics.
None of that is inherently wrong.
Medical information matters.
But psychologically, the body can gradually stop feeling personal.
It becomes a treatment site.
A reproductive system.
A set of numbers.
And if cycles are unsuccessful, you may begin feeling like a machine that is not functioning correctly.
Part of emotional recovery may involve reclaiming the body from being only a fertility project.
You are more than reproductive outcome.
Why do I feel angry at my body?
Because grief often contains anger.
You might think:
Why couldn't you do this?
Why did you let me believe everything was okay?
Why are you making this so hard?
Anger can feel uncomfortable when directed toward your own body.
You may feel ashamed.
But I don't think you need to force gratitude over anger.
Sometimes anger is part of grief.
The goal is not to immediately replace:
I hate my body
with:
I love my body.
That leap may feel impossible.
We can begin somewhere more honest:
I am angry about what I have been through.
That is different from:
My body deserves punishment.
Why do I feel ashamed of my body after fertility struggles?
Because fertility can become entangled with identity.
Women receive enormous cultural messages around:
motherhood.
Pregnancy.
Femininity.
Age.
Reproductive timelines.
If conception becomes difficult, the experience may create thoughts like:
Something is wrong with me.
Other women can do this. Why can't I?
My body is less feminine.
I am failing at something women are supposed to be able to do.
None of those beliefs is an objective measure of your worth.
But they can feel incredibly real.
This is why fertility work often becomes self-worth work.
The question is no longer only:
Will I become pregnant?
It becomes:
Who am I if this is difficult?
Fertility is not a test of womanhood.
You are not more of a woman if pregnancy comes easily.
Less of a woman if it doesn't.
Your body does not need to produce a particular reproductive outcome to qualify you for femininity.
This sounds obvious intellectually.
Emotionally, it can be much harder.
Because cultural stories run deep.
And when everyone around you appears to be getting pregnant, you may feel excluded from a form of womanhood you believed would naturally become yours.
This deserves to be spoken about.
Not minimised.
Why do I feel jealous of women whose bodies “work”?
Because comparison becomes a way of understanding your own pain.
Someone announces a pregnancy.
And you think:
Her body can do it. Mine can't.
You see a pregnant woman.
A mother.
A newborn.
And suddenly you feel a wave of:
envy.
grief.
anger.
Shame.
You may then judge yourself for the reaction.
What kind of person feels jealous of someone else's pregnancy?
A person who is hurting.
That is all.
Another woman's pregnancy does not make you cruel.
It has simply touched the part of you that knows exactly what you want.
Why does pregnancy loss affect body image?
Because the body can begin feeling unfamiliar.
Your body may still look pregnant for a time.
Your breasts may change.
Hormones may take time to shift.
You may gain or lose weight.
You may experience bleeding or pain.
And emotionally, the body you're looking at may carry a story nobody else can see.
You may think:
Why does my body still look like this when I'm not pregnant anymore?
That can be incredibly confronting.
There may also be anger toward body changes that now feel disconnected from their intended meaning.
This is one of the places where grief and body image intersect.
Why don't I want to look at or touch my body after loss?
Sometimes avoidance becomes protective.
Mirrors.
Sex.
Bathing.
Touch.
Certain clothes.
Your stomach.
Your breasts.
These may all remind you of the pregnancy or treatment.
So you distance yourself.
That response can make sense.
But over time, the body may become increasingly foreign.
Reconnection does not need to begin with:
I love my body.
Perhaps it begins with:
Can I tolerate being here?
Then:
Can I feel my feet?
My breath?
Warm water?
A hand resting on my chest?
Very small experiences can matter.
Why does sex feel different after fertility treatment or pregnancy loss?
Because sexuality may now carry grief, pressure or medical association.
Sex may remind you of:
trying.
timing.
Conception.
What happened afterward.
Or if you have been through IVF, sex may feel almost unrelated to fertility after months of procedures.
You may also feel emotionally disconnected from your body.
Your partner may want closeness while you want space.
Neither necessarily means the relationship is wrong.
It may mean intimacy has become associated with something painful.
This is where body reconnection and intimacy support can become important.
Why do I feel guilty wanting sex or pleasure after pregnancy loss?
Because grief can create strange rules.
You may think:
How can I enjoy anything when this happened?
Or pleasure may feel like moving on.
And moving on can feel like leaving the pregnancy behind.
But pleasure does not erase grief.
A moment of enjoyment is not betrayal.
Your body is allowed to experience more than pain.
You can grieve and still:
laugh.
Eat something beautiful.
Have sex.
Travel.
Move.
Feel pleasure.
Living does not mean forgetting.
Why do I feel guilty when I start feeling okay again?
Because suffering can become connected to loyalty.
If the pain reduces, you may think:
Does this mean I didn't care enough?
No.
Grief changes.
It does not need to remain equally intense to prove the significance of what happened.
Recovery is not evidence that the loss mattered less.
You do not have to remain devastated forever in order to honour the pregnancy.
Pregnancy loss is grief even when other people minimise it.
One of the hardest parts of pregnancy loss can be how invisible it is.
Other people may say:
At least it was early.
You can try again.
Everything happens for a reason.
At least you know you can get pregnant.
Those sentences may be intended as comfort.
But they can erase the actual experience.
RANZCOG's current Australian guidance explicitly recognises the psychological impact of early pregnancy loss and states that acknowledgment of grief and distress, along with offering counselling, should be a routine part of care.
You are allowed to grieve.
Even if the pregnancy was early.
Even if you become pregnant again.
Even if nobody else met the baby you imagined.
Why am I scared that stress will cause another miscarriage?
Because after loss, the mind desperately wants a reason.
If you can identify what caused it, perhaps you can prevent it next time.
Stress becomes an easy target.
Was I too anxious?
Did I work too much?
Did I have an argument?
Did I not rest enough?
This can create enormous guilt.
ESHRE's recurrent pregnancy-loss guideline states that although stress may be associated with recurrent loss, there is no evidence that stress is a direct cause of pregnancy loss.
That matters.
You do not need to approach your next pregnancy terrified that one difficult day will cause catastrophe.
Why do I feel like I need perfect health before trying again?
Because control feels protective after something uncontrollable.
You might think:
I need to eat perfectly.
Exercise perfectly.
Sleep perfectly.
Take every supplement.
Never drink coffee.
Never become stressed.
Never make a mistake.
The hope underneath perfection is:
If I do everything right, I can guarantee this never happens again.
But medicine rarely offers that level of certainty.
Your medical team may have important recommendations based on your situation.
Follow appropriate clinical advice.
But emotionally, notice if health behaviours have shifted from:
caring for myself
to:
trying to become impossible to lose another pregnancy.
That is an impossible standard.
How do I trust a future pregnancy after loss?
Perhaps you won't trust it immediately.
And I think we need to stop demanding that women leap from grief into confidence.
A future pregnancy may contain:
hope.
Fear.
Joy.
Dread.
All at once.
Trust may build slowly.
One appointment.
One week.
One scan.
One day.
You do not need to feel serene to be doing pregnancy “correctly.”
You are allowed to say:
I am hopeful and terrified.
Both can exist.
Why do scans feel so frightening after pregnancy loss?
Because the scan is no longer simply a routine appointment.
It may be where you received devastating news before.
The waiting room.
The smell.
The ultrasound machine.
The silence.
All of these cues can become emotionally charged.
You may feel anxious days beforehand.
This is not irrational.
Your system has learned:
Something terrible happened here.
Future scans may therefore activate anticipatory anxiety even when the current pregnancy is progressing normally.
Psychological support can help work with this response.
Not by promising a good result.
But by helping you cope with the uncertainty and the memories surrounding the appointment.
How do I stop checking for blood every time I go to the bathroom?
This is one of those behaviours that may feel impossible to simply “stop.”
Checking is understandable.
After loss, blood has meaning.
You may look every time.
Feel relief.
Then check again later.
The goal is not necessarily to force yourself never to look.
It may begin with noticing:
What am I hoping checking will give me?
Usually:
certainty.
But reassurance from checking may last only until the next bathroom visit.
Over time, psychological work can help reduce how much monitoring is needed to feel momentarily safe.
Why do I feel disconnected from my body after loss?
Because disconnection can be protective.
If being inside the body feels painful, monitoring it from a distance may feel easier.
You may think:
I don't want to feel anything.
That can happen emotionally and physically.
This is where I think body reconnection needs to be incredibly gentle.
Not:
Let's force you back into your body.
But:
Can your body become somewhere you are allowed to return to at your own pace?
That distinction matters.
Body reconnection is not body positivity.
I do not need you to stand in front of a mirror and declare:
My body is amazing.
Maybe you don't feel that.
We can start with respect.
Neutrality.
Curiosity.
Perhaps:
This is the body that is carrying me through grief.
This is the body that gets me out of bed.
This is the body that still feels warmth, movement, hunger and touch.
Reconnection can happen without pretending you are grateful for everything that happened.
How do I rebuild body trust after fertility struggles?
Slowly.
There is no single exercise that instantly repairs it.
But several shifts can matter.
1. Separate outcome from worth
A reproductive outcome is not evidence of your value as a woman.
2. Notice when medical monitoring becomes emotional surveillance
Medical care is important.
But outside those necessary moments, ask whether you are constantly checking for danger.
3. Let your body have experiences unrelated to fertility
Walk.
Stretch.
Swim.
Dance.
Rest.
Receive massage.
Have sex for pleasure if you want to.
Your body needs opportunities to be more than reproductive information.
4. Stop demanding certainty as proof of trust
Trust is not knowing that nothing will go wrong.
5. Make space for anger
You don't need to rush straight into gratitude.
6. Let grief and pleasure coexist
You do not have to choose between honouring the loss and living.
7. Seek psychological support where needed
You do not have to rebuild the relationship alone.
What if I don't want to “reconnect” with my body yet?
Then don't force it.
There is no prize for becoming embodied quickly.
If your loss is recent, your body may feel raw.
Foreign.
Tender.
Your own pace matters.
Sometimes the work begins simply with reducing hostility toward the body.
From:
I hate you.
to:
I don't know what to feel about you yet.
That is still movement.
What if fertility treatment makes me feel like a machine?
This is common enough to deserve language.
Appointments can become procedural.
Your cycle becomes scheduling.
Sex becomes reproduction.
Your body becomes results.
This is why preserving identity outside treatment matters.
You are still:
a partner.
Friend.
Professional.
Creative person.
Sexual person.
Woman.
Human being.
Fertility treatment is something happening in your life.
It is not required to become the definition of your entire self.
Does body trust mean I have to try again?
No.
Rebuilding trust does not mean making a fertility decision.
You may decide:
to try again.
Pause treatment.
Change treatment.
Use donor conception.
Pursue another pathway.
Stop treatment entirely.
Those are deeply personal decisions that belong with you and your appropriate medical team.
Your emotional healing does not need to be conditional on continuing to pursue pregnancy.
You deserve a relationship with your body regardless of what comes next.
Can therapy help after fertility struggles or pregnancy loss?
Yes.
Psychological care can support grief, anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, relationship strain, future-pregnancy anxiety and changes in body trust.
For recurrent pregnancy loss, ESHRE recommends psychosocial needs be considered in care. Australian guidance also emphasises acknowledgement of grief and counselling support after early pregnancy loss.
Seeking emotional support does not mean your loss is “psychological.”
It means the experience had psychological consequences.
Can Clinical Hypnotherapy help me trust my body again?
Clinical Hypnotherapy may form one part of emotional support after fertility struggles or pregnancy loss, depending on the individual.
I do not use hypnosis to tell you:
Your body is perfectly safe.
I cannot promise that.
And I will not suggest you somehow caused your fertility difficulty or pregnancy loss through subconscious beliefs.
Where Clinical Hypnotherapy may be useful is in working with experiences such as:
fertility-related anxiety
anticipatory fear
repetitive checking
traumatic or distressing memories
medical-procedure anxiety
body disconnection
fear of future pregnancy
emotional associations with bodily sensations
self-blame
sleep-related anxiety
difficulty tolerating uncertainty
The goal is not to erase grief.
It is to help you carry the experience with more support and less fear controlling everything that comes next.
What might Clinical Hypnotherapy after fertility loss involve?
My appointments are 90 minutes.
We begin with conversation.
I want to understand:
What happened?
What has changed since?
How do you experience your body now?
Do you feel angry with it?
Disconnected?
Afraid?
Do you monitor symptoms?
Are you scared to try again?
Does the thought of pregnancy bring panic?
How are you sleeping?
How is your relationship affected?
What do you believe the loss means about you?
What have you started believing about your body?
What do you need from support right now?
Not: What should you be over by now?
From there, the hypnotic component of my sessions is commonly around 30–45 minutes, depending on the work.
We may gently work with:
anxiety
imagery
traumatic associations
body awareness
fear around future appointments
self-blame
grief-related emotional responses
self-trust
uncertainty
reconnecting with neutral or comforting bodily experiences
There is no generic miscarriage hypnosis script.
The woman determines the pace.
What if the loss still feels traumatic?
Then the work needs to respect that.
You may experience:
intrusive memories.
nightmares.
avoidance.
panic.
intense distress around medical settings.
Difficulty talking about what happened.
If symptoms are significant or persistent, discuss them with your GP or an appropriately qualified mental-health professional.
Clinical Hypnotherapy can complement psychological care where appropriate, but significant trauma-related symptoms may require specialist mental-health treatment.
You do not need to force yourself through the story in order to heal.
What if I am depressed after pregnancy loss?
Please seek appropriate support.
Pregnancy loss can have significant psychological effects, including grief, anxiety and depression.
If you are struggling to function, feeling persistently hopeless or experiencing thoughts of self-harm or suicide, contact your GP or mental-health professional.
If you are in immediate danger in Australia, call 000.
You can also contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
You deserve support.
My perspective on body trust after fertility loss:
I don't believe trust means:
My body will never hurt me again.
That would require certainty no human body can provide.
I think body trust becomes something more relational.
You stop experiencing the body only as a fertility outcome.
You start listening instead of interrogating.
You stop expecting yourself to be grateful for a body you're still angry with.
You allow pleasure to return without guilt.
You allow grief to exist without making it your identity.
And perhaps gradually:
the body becomes yours again.
Not the clinic's.
Not the fertility app's.
Not the blood test's.
Not the ultrasound's.
Not the miscarriage's.
Yours.
You do not need to love your body to come home to it.
This is perhaps the most important thing I want you to understand.
Reconnection does not require perfection.
You may still be angry.
Still sad.
Still frightened.
Still disappointed.
You can carry all of that and begin returning.
Maybe body trust begins with something tiny:
I can sit inside myself without immediately searching for what is wrong.
Then:
I can listen without treating every sensation as danger.
Then:
I can experience pleasure without guilt.
Then perhaps:
My body and I are no longer enemies.
That is enough.
Your body is more than what it can reproduce.
Your body holds:
your grief.
Your pleasure.
Your sexuality.
Your strength.
Your fatigue.
Your memories.
Your breath.
Your relationships.
Your whole life.
Fertility is deeply important.
But reproductive outcome cannot be allowed to become the sole measure of whether your body has value.
You are not a failed reproductive system.
You are a woman who has lived through something difficult.
Those are profoundly different stories.
Maybe body trust isn't believing nothing bad will happen again.
Maybe it is this:
I know difficult things can happen.
I wish they hadn't.
I cannot guarantee the future.
But I no longer want fear to make my body somewhere I cannot live.
That is not denial.
It is relationship.
And perhaps that is what rebuilding trust really means.
Not certainty.
Not forced positivity.
Not forgetting what happened.
But slowly allowing your body to become home again.
Frequently asked questions about body trust after fertility struggles or pregnancy loss
Why do I feel like my body failed me after miscarriage?
Pregnancy loss can profoundly affect how you experience your body, particularly when pregnancy was deeply wanted. Feeling disappointed or betrayed is understandable, but miscarriage is usually not caused by something you did or failed to do.
Did stress cause my miscarriage?
There is no evidence that stress is a direct cause of recurrent pregnancy loss. Do not blame yourself for experiencing anxiety or stress.
Why am I scared to get pregnant again after miscarriage?
A future pregnancy can reactivate memories of previous loss. Hope may become associated with the possibility of being hurt again.
Why do I constantly check for bleeding in a new pregnancy?
Checking can become a protective response after loss. You may feel as though constant monitoring could prevent you being surprised again, although it cannot provide complete certainty.
Why can't I trust my body after IVF?
Repeated tests, procedures and treatment outcomes can turn the body into something that feels medicalised, evaluated or unreliable. Rebuilding trust may involve reclaiming experiences of the body that are not only fertility-related.
Why do I feel angry with my body after pregnancy loss?
Anger can form part of grief. You do not need to force yourself into gratitude or body positivity before you are ready.
Why does pregnancy loss affect my body image?
Physical changes may continue for a period after pregnancy loss, and those changes can carry powerful emotional meaning. Your experience of your body may therefore change even after the physical recovery progresses.
Is it normal to feel jealous of pregnant women after loss?
Yes. Other pregnancies may remind you directly of what you lost or continue to want. Happiness for someone else and grief for yourself can coexist.
Why does sex feel different after pregnancy loss?
Sex may become associated with conception, grief, medical treatment or fear. Body disconnection and emotional distress can also affect sexual desire and intimacy.
Can therapy help after miscarriage?
Yes. Psychological support may help with grief, anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, body trust and fear around future pregnancies.
Can Clinical Hypnotherapy help after pregnancy loss?
Clinical Hypnotherapy may be used as adjunctive emotional support for anxiety, distressing associations, body disconnection, anticipatory fear and self-blame. It does not replace medical or specialist mental-health care when those are needed.
How long should grief after pregnancy loss last?
There is no single correct timeline. Grief changes differently for each person. Seek professional support if distress is persistent, overwhelming or significantly affecting your ability to function.
Should I seek medical care for symptoms after a miscarriage?
Yes. Follow the guidance of your healthcare team. Heavy bleeding, severe pain or feeling very unwell can require urgent medical assessment. In Australia, call 000 for an emergency.
Where can I see a Clinical Hypnotherapist for fertility grief and body trust in Brisbane?
I offer Clinical Hypnotherapy for women navigating fertility anxiety, pregnancy loss, body disconnection and the emotional experience of reproductive health from The Work Well in Paddington, Brisbane, as well as online throughout Australia.
Clinical Hypnotherapy for Fertility, Pregnancy Loss & Body Trust in Brisbane.
If fertility struggles or pregnancy loss have changed the way you experience your own body, I do not think you need somebody telling you:
“Your body knows what to do.”
That phrase may not feel true anymore.
Perhaps we begin somewhere more honest.
Something happened that changed the relationship I have with my body.
And that relationship deserves care.
I'm Prue Walmsley, a Clinical Hypnotherapist specialising in women's health.
I hold a Bachelor of Psychological Science from the University of Queensland and a Diploma of Clinical Hypno-Psychotherapy, and I am a member of the Australian Hypnotherapists Association.
I work with women experiencing fertility-related anxiety, pregnancy loss, body disconnection, reproductive-health concerns, intimacy difficulties, persistent pain and the emotional patterns that can develop around women's health experiences.
I offer 90-minute Clinical Hypnotherapy appointments at The Work Well in Paddington, Brisbane, as well as online appointments throughout Australia.
My role is not to make you forget what happened.
It is not to promise that nothing difficult will happen again.
And it is not to convince you that your body is perfect.
It is to help you rebuild a relationship with yourself in which your body is allowed to become more than the site of the loss.
Because perhaps body trust is not:
“My body will always give me the outcome I want.”
Perhaps it is:
“Whatever my body has carried me through, I can learn how to belong inside it again.”
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References & further reading
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Miscarriage, Recurrent Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy. Clinical Guidance, 2025.
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. Guideline on the Management of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss. 2023.
Healthdirect Australia. Miscarriage.
Healthdirect Australia. Ectopic pregnancy.
Miscarriage Australia. Information and support following miscarriage and pregnancy loss.
