Managing Infertility Stress, Newsletter Articles, Research & Articles, Resources, Support / Psychology
We all get stressed, yet not all of us battle to conceive. Interestingly, during times of war, and in poverty-stricken communities, the pregnancy rate is often inordinately high. Surely people battling to meet their basic needs on a daily basis are stressed? We keep...
Emotional Aspects of Infertility, Newsletter Articles, Support / Psychology
By Tanya Rubin Life is made up for us as humans, of things that matter. Our value system becomes that of things that matter most. Everything in life supports our relentless pursuit of meaning and through focusing on things that matter, we collect numerous meanings....
Newsletter Articles, Support / Psychology, Surrogacy, Talking About Infertility, Third Party Reproduction, Using Donor Egg, Using Donor Embryo, Using Donor Sperm
By Nancy Freeman-Carroll, Psy.D. Most parents get a little nervous the first time their young child asks the question, “Where do babies come from?” This question, and the answer, are both more complicated when the child asking was conceived with assisted...
Support / Psychology, Talking About Infertility
Couples facing an infertility diagnosis – or single or gay women choosing to go through Assisted Reproduction using donor sperm insemination – can experience a life crisis when they learn they can’t have a child as easily as they may have thought they...
Emotional Aspects of Infertility, Support / Psychology
One of the most challenging aspects of the infertility experience is dealing with the emotional ups and downs relating to medical treatment, the uncertainty about outcomes, and the challenge of having to make important decisions such as when ‘enough is...
Emotional Aspects of Infertility, Support / Psychology
Infertility is a major life crisis for 1 in 6 couples. For these women and men fighting the disease of infertility, the infertility experience involves many hidden losses for the individuals, their loved ones and society as a whole, including: Loss of the pregnancy...
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