CDFS 408 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Premarital Sex, Infertility, Childlessness
31 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Involuntary Childlessness
-Recap on what is infertility?
-inability to conceive children or young.
-If a woman is not able to conceive in about a year, then she might not be fertile.
Coping with Infertility
Adults who want to have children rarely consider the possibility that they could be infertile
Social emotional responses to infertility:
Surprise
Denial
Anger
Isolation
Guilt
Depression
Grief
Resolution
Surprise
Surprise is perhaps the first response of most infertile couples as they learn they are unable to
conceive.
Denial
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Document Summary
If a woman is not able to conceive in about a year, then she might not be fertile. Adults who want to have children rarely consider the possibility that they could be infertile. Surprise is perhaps the first response of most infertile couples as they learn they are unable to conceive. Anger is a common response form most individuals who learn they do not have control over becoming parents. Isolation appears to be another defense mechanism utilized by couples as they try and keep their infertility a secret as they seek treatment. Guilt is experienced by many individuals who are infertile as they blame past behaviors such as premarital sex for their current circumstance. Depression is another common reaction experienced by infertile couples as they struggle to come to grips with the reality that they cannot have children of their own. Something you need to be aware of others in case they might do self-harm physically and mentally.
