ART (ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES)

ACROSS THE WORLD, A GROWING NUMBER OF COUPLES ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY

AFFECTED BY INFERTILITY. ADVANCES IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOW
ENABLING MANY OF THEM TO PLAN TO HAVE A CHILD. AS PREGNANCIES RESULTING FROM
ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING EXPERIENCED BY A GROWING NUMBER
OF COUPLES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THE
DIFFICULTIES THEY ENCOUNTER DURING THE PRENATAL PERIOD.THE USE OF ART IS GROWING
IN MOST INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES.
INFERTILE COUPLES WHO USE ART MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES IN THE SOCIAL, MARITAL
AND FINANCIAL SPHERES.WOMEN WHO BECOME PREGNANT THROUGH ART SHOW A HIGHER
LEVEL OF ANXIETY RELATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF PREGNANCY AND FETAL SAFETY.

IT AIMS TO SYNTHESIZE THE QUALITATIVE RESULTS OF PRIMARY STUDIES IN ORDER TO BETTER

UNDERSTAND COUPLES’ EXPERIENCES OF PREGNANCY RESULTING FROM ASSISTED
REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, AFTER HAVING EXPERIENCED INFERTILITY.
THE TRANSITION FROM CONCEPTION, PREGNANCY AND PARENTHOOD IS MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE BECOME PREGNANT THROUGH ART. RELATIONSHIPS WITH
FAMILY CAN BE A SOURCE OF SUPPORT AS WELL AS A SOURCE OF CONCERN FOR COUPLES,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY FEAR THE STIGMA SURROUNDING INFERTILITY.