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Infertility Stigma and its Impact on Mental Health
Infertility affects millions of people worldwide, yet it's still a subject surrounded by silence, shame, and misunderstanding. Both men and women can experience infertility, but the stigma they face can often differ. The societal pressures and misconceptions don’t just affect how individuals feel about their bodies—they can deeply impact mental health, relationships, and self-worth. Infertility Stigmas Between Men and Women For women, infertility is often framed as a personal failure. In many cultures, femininity and womanhood are closely tied to motherhood, and when pregnancy doesn’t come easily, women may internalize blame. They might face subtle (or outright) suggestions that they're
UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY: LOOKING FOR THE WHY
"I’ve never prayed for doctors to tell me something was wrong, until they told me we had unexplained infertility." When we started our journey to become parents, we had no success even when we did everything by the book: ran the tests tubes tested and cleared took the medications attempted IUI 4 times (intrauterine insemination) We decided to move our care from our OB/GYN clinic to an infertility clinic, due to our doctor believing I had endometriosis. Once we established care at the new clinic, surgery was scheduled. I felt relief to a point; surgery proved I had endometriosis, but