Transition to parenthood after successful non-donor in vitro fertilisation: The effects of infertility and in vitro fertilisation on previously infertile couples' experiences of early parenthood
Transition to parenthood after successful non-donor in vitro fertilisation: The effects of infertility and in vitro fertilisation on previously infertile couples' experiences of early parenthood
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10.1177/1363459319891215
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发表时间：
2019-12-03
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2.1
通讯作者：
Hudson, Ruth
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作者：
Allan, Helen;Mounce, Ginny;Hudson, Ruth
最近在辅助受孕后育儿领域的社会科学研究集中在捐赠者辅助受孕和代孕的经验上。这篇文章来自一项研究，该研究探讨了16对异性非捐赠者夫妇过渡到早期为人父母的经历，并具体考虑了男性在这一旅程中的经历。我们认为，这些夫妇向早期育儿的过渡可能和其他新形式的家庭一样复杂和暂时的，因为他们在经历了不孕不育的经历后，在成功的非捐赠者体外受精后，努力适应作为父母的新身份。他们的家庭生活取决于他们能否将不孕不育和体外受精的经历融入到他们作为父母的新身份中。当她们考虑再次怀孕时，这种斗争就显得尤为突出。考虑兄弟姐妹会给他们带来更多的不确定性和焦虑，因为这会提醒他们不育的身份，以及进一步进行体外受精的可能性。我们报告了关于这种转变为人父母的经历的新发现：不孕不育的损失和悲痛以及体外受精的焦虑如何塑造了夫妇作为父母的身份。我们认为，他们与正在形成的为人父母身份的斗争，挑战了非捐赠者异性恋体外受精为人父母的规范和自然化的观点。我们的工作对体外受精后为人父母的身份认同工作做出了贡献，正在努力了解辅助技术如何塑造不育父母的生活。本文报告了一项从一家生育诊所招募的相对均一样本的小型研究。然而，作为对一个研究不足的主题的探索性研究，我们将通过更大和更多样化的样本来讨论对进一步研究有用的见解和想法。
Recent social science research in the field of parenting following assisted conception has focused on the experiences of donor-assisted conception and surrogacy. This article draws from a study which explored the experiences of the transition to early parenthood in 16 heterosexual non-donor couples and includes a specific consideration of the experiences of men as they navigate this journey. We argue that these couples' transition to early parenthood can be as complex and provisional as in other newer forms of family making as they struggle with an emerging identity as a parent after successful non-donor in vitro fertilisation following their experiences of infertility. Their family making is contingent upon their ability to work at integrating their experiences of infertility and in vitro fertilisation into their emerging identity as a parent. This struggle is prominent when they contemplate a further pregnancy. Considering a sibling causes them further uncertainty and anxiety because it reminds them of their infertile identify and the possibility of further in vitro fertilisation. We report novel findings about the experiences of this transition to parenthood: how couples' identity as parents is shaped by the losses and grief of infertility and the anxiety of in vitro fertilisation. We argue that their struggle with an emerging parenthood identity challenges the normative, naturalised view of non-donor heterosexual in vitro fertilisation parenthood. Our work contributes to the work on identity in parenthood after in vitro fertilisation in an ongoing effort to understand how assisted technologies shape infertile parents' lives. This article reports a small study with a relatively homogeneous sample recruited from one fertility clinic. Nevertheless as an exploratory study of an under researched topic, we discuss useful insights and ideas for further research with larger and more diverse samples.