Infertility Research Paper

Conceivement is a major life event in everyone's life, but with that, infertility can bring about social and psychological problems, from the effects on the women and the couple's relationship to the pressures generated from society, ruining the experience for the possible parents to be. Throughout the years, as we evolve, some things tend to never change. People’s perception and comprehension on some topics tend to stay unseen by the public because of the lack of awareness brought to such topics. Infertility has is and always was something that people felt ashamed of, whether it was the fear of being judged for being deemed ‘unfit fit’ or the guilt of not being able to please the people around them. Being in the 21st century, this is something …show more content…
With understanding comes trust and with that, it leads to those individuals to commonly share their bonding, through love (Palanisamy, 2015). All this can start to break and fall apart with something as simple as infertility. The emotional toll that this brings can sometimes be the breaking point of a relationship (Marturana, 2016). Blame starts to often get placed as to whose fault it is that conceivement is not occurring especially now that we have medical tests that can show infertility in one partner. With all this added tension and effort sex can easily become a chore for couples who are struggling to conceive (Marturana, 2016). With schedules, and fertility windows being set as to when the best time is for maximum chance of conceivement, sex loses its association with pleasure losing its intimacy, fun and playfulness (Gurevich,2018). With such events taking place filled with extremely disappointing and stressful experiences, a couple often push each other to their limits and end up falling apart. Couples tend to keep such information private as they feel shame and embarrassment and don’t want anyone to know they are having trouble conceiving naturally (Marturana, 2016). The thought of seeking help is something hard to bring up and talk about. Options like adoption, surrogacy, sperm banks, vitro fertilization and other …show more content…
Whether it’s their mothers, neighbours, friends or coworkers, some people feel entitled to state their opinions when no one has asked for it. They come in the form of jokes like ‘so when will I get grandkids?’ or more serious statements where they state their worry of you not having kids soon enough. The constant questioning and nagging can only add to the despair and frustration and may feel like a personal attack if taken the wrong way or if said too often (Conceive Plus+, 2015). This new added stress can only contribute and hinder the couples chances of conception, with things like stress triggering hormonal responses that make conception difficult (Conceive Plus+, 2015). We haven't strayed far from the idea of a person being infertile to be deemed as an unfit mate. Marriage is still based on the concept of, if you cannot bear kids, you are unqualified to be married. Such ideas need to be changed. Marriage is an intimate and complementing union between two people in which the two become one physically, it has nothing to do with their ability to bear children. Society creates these norms as to what each family should fit under, lack of conforming can lead to problematic situations. Within small communities rumors start to form based upon the lack of children a couple has. Assumptions are made on the situation that the the two people are going