Life experience with infertility; a phenomenological study

N Khodakarami, S Hashemi, S Seddigh… - … of Reproduction & …, 2010 - search.proquest.com
Introduction: In most cultures, fertility has a great social value and parenting aones own
biological child is considered the most basic motive in the process of human life. On the …

Women's lived experiences of female infertility

F Fahami, S Hoseini Quchani, S Ehsanpour… - The Iranian Journal of …, 2010 - ijogi.mums.ac.ir
Introduction: Approximately 15% of all couples in the reproductive ages are infertile. The
ability to reproduce and give birth to a child is an inherent part of life for most human beings …

Women and infertility experience a case study in Tehran

SMJ Abbasi, KA Asgari, NHB Razeghi - 2005 - sid.ir
In some traditional societies including Iran, birth giving is an element of women's identity and
status, also having a child is looked as a source of women's power in the family and society …

Infertility: Experiences and meanings

RD Benasutti - Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Infertility can be a stressful condition. It affects one out of six couples in the United States-at
least ten million people. Whether conceived naturally or through enhanced fertility …

Emotional and psychological problems of infertility and strategies to overcome them

MR Mohammadi, FKA Farahani - Journal of Reproduction & …, 2001 - search.proquest.com
Infertility affects women and men in reproductive ages and causes many major
psychological and emotional problems. For this reason, in International Conference of …

The experience and influence of infertility: Considerations for couple counselors

BD Peterson, L Gold, T Feingold - The family journal, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Infertility, or the inability to conceive or carry a pregnancy to live birth after a year or more of
regular sexual relations, affects one in six couples of childbearing age. There is substantial …

Infertility: Towards an awareness of a need among family life practitioners

NL Porter, FS Christopher - Family Relations, 1984 - JSTOR
Three and one-half million couples in America currently experience a fertility problem. These
couples often undergo a prolonged state of emotional crisis during their infertility …

[HTML][HTML] Lived experience of infertile men with male infertility cause

F Fahami, SH Quchani, S Ehsanpour… - Iranian journal of …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND: Approximately 15 percent of all the couples are involuntarily childless in
reproductive ages. The ability to reproduce and give birth to a child is an important part of …

The infertility experience: Biopsychosocial effects and suggestions for counselors

KJ Watkins, TD Baldo - Journal of counseling & Development, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Infertility affects many individuals and couples. This article begins with a case study of a
couple who have experienced infertility yet do not identify infer tility as their presenting …

Human infertility: is medical treatment enough? A cross-sectional study of a sample of Italian couples

M Sina, R Ter Meulen… - Journal of Psychosomatic …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. To explore infertile couples' well-being, needs and drop-out rates considering
their previous gynaecological history, treatments and support received. Methods. Self …