Explanation of Emotional Feelings of Women with Infertility: A Qualitative Study

It is believed that stress can be present as anxiety or depression which to be increased in infertile women. Relatio-nship between infertility and anxiety is complex and may create a defective cycle. This study was done to through qualitative approach to determine the emotional feelin-gs of infertile women towards psycholo-gical support. This study was con-ducted on 28 women with infertility by using of qualitative approach and a purp-osive sampling method was adopted to select the subjects. Their emotions and per-ception of psychological supports were assessed by semi-structured interviews. Data collection was done between first of April to first of May and it was continued to the saturation point. All interviews were audio-taped، translated and typed word by then the data were analyzed consecutively. Data were classified and coded. Analyzing of data revealed four major the-mes which included psychological experi-ence، communication doctors and medical team، reaction of couple''s family and friends. Discussion & Findings showed that infertility is a common condition that could affect infertile couple''s life. Rega-rding to the existence of negative psycholo-gical emotion among women with infertility and financial problems، psychologists، ph-ysicians and midwives attention to the anxi-ety and depression problems is essential.