Hkhamb Ahk Kaliningrad

Infertility is the problem that is growing in the current era. In some of the countries, infertility is like a stigmatization and infertile couples are not entertained like regular members of society. It has been observed that infertility itself produces psychological trauma and various other psychological complications. If we put stigmatization with it, its psychological effects will find no end. It is necessary to take a look on the international definition of Infertility. International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination (INCIID) has given its own definition of infertility. According to them, a couple will be infertile couple if they are unable to reproduce after six months of unprotected intercourse. The duration will be extended to twelve months if the woman is over the age of thirty five years.

There can be various psychological responses of this infertility. For example, feelings of sadness and depression, worthlessness, guilty, frustration, anxiousness and numbness are common in infertile individual. It has been observed that women are more responsible for everything as a caretaker. In this way, they feel themselves responsible for this infertility. There may be quick shifts in emotions of the women. They may look for emotional support one time, and at some other time, they may emotionally withdraw from their partner. These are the pure feminine responses. Usually, men also suffer from this psychological trauma, but their responses are different from women's responses.

Men are considered stronger is responsible for financial issues of their families. They have given very less space to express their emotions. Usually men get overwhelmed with their partner's emotions, who are more expressive than themselves. A man can feel helpless during such a condition because of the feelings that he cannot do anything for his partner. If the infertility persist, it may bring disastrous changes in life of the couple. Feelings of loss and inadequacy are the prominent psychological effects at this stage. Sexual intimacy and infertility are closely related things. Sexual intimacy becomes problematic and the couple feels trouble in spending time together. There may be uncertainty about the outcomes of the treatment and a couple may disagree on such kind of issues. These are all the issues related to infertility and these issues can easily be resolved through proper counseling of the couple.