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[Psychological study of 20 women after failure of in vitro fertilization]
O Bourguignon1, C Navelet, D Fourcault
1Travail du Laboratoire de Psychopathologie, Université Paris V.
The study is related to 20 women who attempted one or more IVF which failed. A home interview, at least two years later, aimed to know how they had reorganized their life. The hypothesis was that the women who accepted the interview either see it as a reflexion about IVF as an experience belonging to the past, or as an offer to help them because they need it. In fact, regardless of the way the women overcame or not the situation, the number of IVF, and the subsequent presence or absence of children, the overwhelming majority of women (18/20) accepted the interview because they felt the need to help themselves or other women. Considering associated symptoms, interview content and operating psychic mechanisms, IVF physical and psychic costs appear extremely heavy for both women and couples. The experience of IVF seems psychically unintegrable, propositions are made on contra-indications and precautions to take before proposing IVF.
The study is related to 20 women who attempted one or more IVF which failed. A home interview, at least two years later, aimed to know how they had reorganized their life. The hypothesis was that the women who accepted the interview either see it as a reflexion about IVF as an experience belonging to the past, or as an offer to help them because they need it. In fact, regardless of the way the women overcame or not the situation, the number of IVF, and the subsequent presence or absence of children, the overwhelming majority of women (18/20) accepted the interview because they felt the need to help themselves or other women. Considering associated symptoms, interview content and operating psychic mechanisms, IVF physical and psychic costs appear extremely heavy for both women and couples. The experience of IVF seems psychically unintegrable, propositions are made on contra-indications and precautions to take before proposing IVF.