Women's reality who had achieved pregnancy after infertility : study of their parenthood and couple's marital and sexual relationship

本研究以22名接受不孕症治疗后怀孕的女性为研究对象，探讨育儿过程中的情绪问题及夫妇怀孕后的婚姻与性关系。总体而言，她们中的大多数已经建立了良好的父母关系，但多胎母亲对婴儿面临着心理上的困难。在他们放弃了怀孕的愿望后，一次意外的自然怀孕引起了混乱。尤其是当夫妻双方接受怀孕的方式不同时，他们之间的关系就变得紧张起来。当妇女因为不孕不育而感到被否认时，怀孕是重新获得自尊的手段和目标，同时在理想和现实之间造成了差距。在不孕不育的治疗中，怀孕是性交的唯一目的，因此导致了夫妇之间对于性的新的看法冲突。这项调查表明，不孕不育治疗后怀孕并不一定解决了不孕症造成的所有问题，但在许多情况下带来了新的矛盾。

Interviews of 22 females who had achieved pregnancy after infertility treatment were conducted in this qualitative study to identify emotional problems of transition to parenthood and the couple's marital and sexual relationship after pregnancy. In general, most of them had established good parenthood, but the multiple pregnant mothers were facing mental difficulty towards the babies. An unexpected spontaneous pregnancy after they had given up a wish for pregnancy caused confusion. Especially when the husband and wife accepted the pregnancy differently, the relationship between them was strained. When the woman was feeling denied due to infertility, pregnancy contributed as the means and the goal of regaining self-respect, while creating a gap between the ideal and the reality. Pregnancy was the only purpose of intercourse during infertility treatment, thus causing a new conflict of views towards sexuality between the couple. This investigation showed pregnancy after infertility treatment did not necessarily solve all the problems caused by infertility but brought out a new conflict in many cases.