Enabling conception and pregnancy. Midwifery care of women experiencing infertility.
This article provides a comprehensive and thoughtful overview of primary midwifery care of the woman experiencing infertility. Midwifery assessment and management strategies that can assist women and their partners experiencing infertility to achieve a successful pregnancy are reviewed. In addition to physiologic considerations, the article addresses psychosocial, spiritual, legal, and financial issues essential to understanding the ramifications of infertility care. The authors frame their approach in a feminist perspective that enables the woman to achieve control of fertility and self-determination of care.
University of Rhode Island College of Nursing, Kingston 02881, USA.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012099:Reproductive Techniques / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence