El psychological support for the couple It is usually necessary and recommended in cases of infertility and sterility.
The decision to be parents is a life project.
When pregnancy does not occur naturally, it can cause negative emotions that create suffering.
The degree of emotional involvement It depends on elements such as: the personality of the people. The personal acceptance mechanisms of each one, as well as the vital moment in which the couple is.
Psychological support for the couple is key to reducing suffering in this type of situation.
Our specialists in Infertility and Sterility They can provide strategies and techniques that help improve the emotional quality of life during the different phases of the reproductive process.
On Institute of Dr. Gómez Roig, in Barcelona, we offer psychological help to the couple, thanks to a specialist psychologist in reproductive health problems.
When can I need or request psychological support?
Requesting emotional help, or psychological support from the couple, is more than recommended when a couple does not achieve a successful pregnancy.
Some of the difficulties that can be worked on are:
Diagnosis of infertility and sterility
The feelings that are generated at the time of diagnosis of these affectations can be novel, frightening, and negative at the same time.
The feeling of guilt in a member of the couple may appear.
For all these reasons, being in good company at this time with a good psychological support for the couple It is important to be able to abstract the reality of the problem as a natural process, with a solution and a future.
El Emotional Support It can help you see further. And not focus on the problem at the time of diagnosis.
Seeing the future solution and the final result is what is important.
Start of assisted reproduction treatment and IVF
El start of IVF treatment, in which detailed monitoring is carried out, and daily medication is administered is not always easy.
On the other hand, no one arrives at an assisted reproduction center the first month that they do not get pregnant.
All couples carry a personal backpack in this regard, which already weighs when they go to the consultation.
Deciding which technique will be the most appropriate can also generate some stress.
Being aware of the process at all times, its balance with normal life, as well as the doubt of what the result will be like, can create anxiety.
The phases that can cause difficulty in the emotional management are:
- Start of cycle: artificial insemination; IVF and/or puncture.
- Waiting days: during the second fortnight of the cycle.
- Post-result.
In the same way that there are people who quickly get a pregnancy after treatments. There are also moments of doubt, bad news, difficult decisions, uncertainty, etc.
All these situations create a emotional distress, with which the person has to live while expecting to become pregnant.
A complicated and painful stage can be when the treatment is not successful. And the couple must decide that they will not carry out any more treatments.
This decision is never easy, and involves an initial grieving phase.
The personality of each of the members of the couple influences. And sometimes, there may be discrepancies between them and problems arise.
Couple troubles
The Couple troubles They can accompany the problem of infertility and sterility, as they are situations of difficult emotional management.
Differences of opinion, individual feelings, sexuality, frustration, and despair can cause it.
The involvement of this problem in the family, at work, and in personal social life does not help.
These situations can cause: anxiety, sadness and depression.
Honest communication between the people involved is essential for good handling of the situation.
we recommend a first visit information on psychological support for the couple with our psychologist. Ask for help whenever you need it.
La emotional help It can help minimize problems at difficult times.
Difficult times in a woman's life
There are moments that can be difficult in the course of a woman's life.
Not all women are affected equally.
And not always all situations are approached as difficulties.
Despite this, moments that may require support from a psychologist are:
- Women without a partner who want to be mothers.
- sexuality problems
- When there is no understanding in the couple.
- If feelings of sadness or depression appear.
- Stress is frequent or accompanied by anxiety.
Can stress cause sterility?
The fact that the Stress, and that the psychological factors, can influence or promote sterility and infertility is something well known.
We also know that stress levels can influence the final result of an assisted reproduction or IVF treatment.
Stress is associated with wrong decisions during treatment. Sometimes, due to the anxiety it entails, it is wrongly decided not to finish the treatments started.
On the other hand, it is known that interventions that can be carried out to relieve stress are associated with a higher frequency of pregnancy success.
Pre-conception stress can also increase the risk of infertility.
La anxiety it also affects the reactions of patients to repeated pregnancy losses such as infertility or repeated miscarriages.
There are many patients with reproductive problems who are alone during the process and do not receive emotional or psychological support.
It is essential that people feel accompanied, understood by a professional, both medically and emotionally. We are aware of the difficulties that appear when a couple wants a child and that is not possible.
Recommendations for Psychological Support for Couples
Our recommendations for psychological support for the couple, by way of conclusion are:
- Infertile or sterile women They may have high levels of stress, often manifesting as anxiety and/or depression.
- psychological discomfort seems to influence the incorrect handling of assisted reproduction, artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization, IVF treatments.
- Stress reduces successful pregnancy rates after treatments.
- psychological help, or emotional support, is always beneficial. This type of accompaniment reduces psychological symptoms, while increasing pregnancy rates.
- Apart from psychological support, relaxation techniques, stress management, and training of adaptation and coping skills can be suggested.
From the psychology department We offer you a service of extreme human quality and specialized attention.
Our accompaniment will reduce the emotional impact that sterility and infertility cause to those who suffer from it.
On Institute of obstetrics and gynecology in Barcelona, Dra. Gómez Roig, we believe that comprehensive treatment by our professionals is what can most benefit the people who request our help.
Treating both the medical part, as well as the emotional or psychological aspects, is of vital importance for the person who undergoes any assisted reproduction treatment.
It is essential that the couple feel informed, advised and accompanied in an appropriate way.
Good care ensures that suffering and worry are minimal.
Feel free to contact contact with us to request psychological support for the couple.
Su emotional well It is essential to carry out this very important project: having a child.
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Head of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Service at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona. Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Coordinator of the Sixth Course of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, UB. Director of the Dra. Gómez Roig Institute and Coordinator of Obstetric and Gynecological Processes at the Corachan Clinic in Barcelona.