If you're like many women, your mind runs constantly -- remembering, dreaming and worrying. It's enough to make you lose sleep. Did you ever wonder if it could keep you from getting pregnant?

"I tend to obsess a lot," says Karma Fitzgerald of Shoshone, Idaho. "I would get so caught up in planning and timing and everything else that I wouldn't relax. All I know is that the moment I decided to stop worrying about conception, I got pregnant." Although it's considered taboo to tell an infertile couple that relaxation is all they need to conceive, Fitzgerald's story isn't unusual.

Margaret Paul, PhD, a relationship expert and best-selling author, recalls that many of her friends and clients believed they wanted children but could not conceive until they either adopted or started the adoption process. Dr. Paul concludes that, "Some fear kept them from getting pregnant."

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