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The Emotional Complexity of Infertility
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Sunday, March 15, 2009 |
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MADISON - When a couple is diagnosed with infertility, it can be an unexpected crisis in their lives.
"It's not a challenge most couples expect to face," comments Julianne Zweifel, PhD, clinical psychologist with UW Health's Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology Program.
The uncertainty of the situation is one of the reasons why fertility challenges are so difficult to manage emotionally. Is there truly a problem? If there is, how do you proceed? When do you stop? How do you manage the social and emotional issues related to infertility?
Read more... http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=3075
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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MADISON - When a couple is diagnosed with infertility, it can be an unexpected crisis in their lives.
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