Stress related to infertility can have negative health consequences, also affecting the relationship between the couple and work, in addition to financial aspects due to the costs of said procedures. Stress is present throughout the reproductive process, being able to cause changes at the hormonal level and more indirectly, reducing the frequency of sexual relations in couples, influencing adherence to medical prescriptions and the rate of abandonment to treatment.
When we talk about stress we are referring to a physical or emotional reaction that occurs in the face of certain stressors that causes an adaptive response to a new situation. In people, stress is perceived differently because each being has personal skills and a different capacity to resolve conflicts, this depends on the experiences that are acquired throughout our lives.
Stress is not necessarily a negative phenomenon, sometimes it is a response of our body to adapt to certain stimulation that occur during the day and strengthen our personal abilities, for example, listening to the horn of a car alerts you to prevent a possible accident, stress begins to complicate when it hinders your activities and situations become stressful being frequent and intense. This can present itself physically, emotionally or psychologically causing a negative charge in circumstances that create pressure or threat, affecting the well-being of your Health .
Infertility is the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected sex or six months in young couples. It is an important health problem that can generate greater stress in those couples who suffer from it, since they have beliefs and cultures which are involved in social, personal, and couple expectations and their environment. Infertility could generate a bad psychological experience, affecting the mood of a person, generating an uncertainty of not being able to carry out a personal and / or family life project.
When to go to the psychologist 
At some point in our lives, we are presented with situations that we don´t know how to resolve and the emotions are beyond what we can bear. Although there are no rules when to attend the psychologist, it will always depend on the attitude of each person. One of the main reasons why a person decides to go to therapy is because they are not comfortable with themselves, otherwise a healthy person also goes to therapy to regulate their emotions and have better mental well-being.
IREGA has specialists in the area, recommends that before, during and at the end of the reproductive treatment you take psychological assistance, in this way you work together on physical and mental health for the result of a good treatment.
Before:
At the moment that a couple decides to go to the doctor to request information, there are emotions that produce stress, anguish, nerves, fear, among others, the role of the psychologist is to provide accurate, consistent and realistic information about assisted reproduction treatment, reducing the level of stress that this situation can cause, in this way relaxation techniques will be applied in order to help the patient decrease the heart rate and decrease blood pressure achieving calm and stability, these techniques will be used throughout the reproduction process assisted.
During: 
When a couple decides to start the treatment, they are offered psychotherapy individually as well as in a couple, focusing on the emotions and feelings that occur in the process, making them able to have good communication and make it easier for them to face the changes or obstacles,
The goal of therapy is to make the patient able to recognize all the symptoms of stress that occur and realize how it can affect his body, thoughts, feelings and behavior.
End of treatment. 
Our goal is to have a healthy newborn baby in the family, this being when parents are very happy to have a baby in their arms, in the same way, many couples feel disoriented, they are usually afraid of the new path they begin, as its so desired to have a baby, but at the same time an unknowns situation to both presents itself,
Psycho-education is provided so that they can face parenthood in a healthy way, helping them to recognize their resources and skills with which each one for a positive parenting.
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Psic. Berenice Elizabeth Perez Roblero
Responsable of the Psychology Unit at IREGA Cancún