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Dedication Contributors Foreword by Susan Seenan, HND Foreword by Marcia C. Inhorn, PhD, MPH Preface ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Part I: Theory: Engaging Theories and Conceptual Concepts in Art Chapter 1: A Template for a Comprehensive Theory of Infertility: A Roy Adaptation Model Perspective Chapter 2: Shifting Family Structure: Theoretical Perspectives of Worldwide Population and Family Composition Chapter 3: A Theoretical Approach to Multidimensional Stress Experienced During Pregnancy by Women Who Conceive Via in Vitro Fertilization Chapter 4: Examining the Unit of Analysis in Assisted Reproduction: Conceptual Insights Into Individual, Couple, and Family Research in Education and Counseling Chapter 5: Exemplar: Using an Egg Donor: Insights Into an Infertile Woman’s Experience
Part II: Research and Reviews: Delineating the State of the Science in Art Chapter 6: Psychological Stress and Fertility Chapter 7: The Illusion of Normal Fertility: Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth After Oocyte Donation Chapter 8: Individual and Family Outcomes of First-Time Parents Older Than 40 Years: Implications of Later-Life Parenting Chapter 9: Understanding the Impact of Delayed Parenting: Gender, Paid Work, and Work–Family Strategies Chapter 10: Young Women’s Reasons Regarding Whether to Undergo Fertility Preservation Treatment When Facing a Cancer Diagnosis: A Literature Review Chapter 11: Accommodating Assisted Reproductive Technologies to Rabbinic Law Chapter 12: “If Some is Good, More Must Be Better”: Diverging Goals Between Patient and Provider About Multifetal Pregnancies in Art Chapter 13: Exemplar: Medically High-Risk Conditions Necessitating Utilization of a Gestational Carrier
Part III: Policy: Exploring Access and Challenges in Art Chapter 14: Challenges to Infertility Advocacy in the United States: Defining Infertility and Barriers to Access to Care Chapter 15: Utilization of Art Services in Developed Countries and Impact on Cross-Border Reproductive Care Chapter 16: Utilization of Fertility Care in Developing Countries: Challenges in Family Building Around the Globe Chapter 17: Emerging “Cost-Effective” Treatments Including Low-Cost IVF Chapter 18: Defining Infertility: Global Views on Timing of IVF and the Ability to Access Care Chapter 19: Changing Times: How is Same-Sex Relationship Equality Impacting the Fertility Care Landscape? Chapter 20: Exemplar: A Genetically At-Risk Couple Considers the Use of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in the United States
Part IV: Practice: Improving the Delivery of Care in the ART Setting Chapter 21: Assisted Reproductive Technology Treatment Options for Couples With Fertility Issues Chapter 22: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Reproductive and Psychological Implications Chapter 23: Team Communication: Critical in the Care of the Couple With Fertility Challenges Chapter 24: Focusing on Nursing: Emerging Specialty Practice in the United Kingdom Chapter 25: Men and Infertility: Their Experience With Challenges in Family Formation Chapter 26: Exemplar: An Adolescent Seeking Fertility Treatment
Epilogue: Family Formation—What is AHEAD?
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Chapter 3: A Theoretical Approach to Multidimensional Stress Experienced During Pregnancy by Women Who Conceive Via in Vitro Fertilization
Dedication Contributors Foreword by Susan Seenan, HND Foreword by Marcia C. Inhorn, PhD, MPH Preface ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Part I: Theory: Engaging Theories and Conceptual Concepts in Art Chapter 1: A Template for a Comprehensive Theory of Infertility: A Roy Adaptation Model Perspective Chapter 2: Shifting Family Structure: Theoretical Perspectives of Worldwide Population and Family Composition Chapter 3: A Theoretical Approach to Multidimensional Stress Experienced During Pregnancy by Women Who Conceive Via in Vitro Fertilization Chapter 4: Examining the Unit of Analysis in Assisted Reproduction: Conceptual Insights Into Individual, Couple, and Family Research in Education and Counseling Chapter 5: Exemplar: Using an Egg Donor: Insights Into an Infertile Woman’s Experience
Part II: Research and Reviews: Delineating the State of the Science in Art Chapter 6: Psychological Stress and Fertility Chapter 7: The Illusion of Normal Fertility: Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth After Oocyte Donation Chapter 8: Individual and Family Outcomes of First-Time Parents Older Than 40 Years: Implications of Later-Life Parenting Chapter 9: Understanding the Impact of Delayed Parenting: Gender, Paid Work, and Work–Family Strategies Chapter 10: Young Women’s Reasons Regarding Whether to Undergo Fertility Preservation Treatment When Facing a Cancer Diagnosis: A Literature Review Chapter 11: Accommodating Assisted Reproductive Technologies to Rabbinic Law Chapter 12: “If Some is Good, More Must Be Better”: Diverging Goals Between Patient and Provider About Multifetal Pregnancies in Art Chapter 13: Exemplar: Medically High-Risk Conditions Necessitating Utilization of a Gestational Carrier
Part III: Policy: Exploring Access and Challenges in Art Chapter 14: Challenges to Infertility Advocacy in the United States: Defining Infertility and Barriers to Access to Care Chapter 15: Utilization of Art Services in Developed Countries and Impact on Cross-Border Reproductive Care Chapter 16: Utilization of Fertility Care in Developing Countries: Challenges in Family Building Around the Globe Chapter 17: Emerging “Cost-Effective” Treatments Including Low-Cost IVF Chapter 18: Defining Infertility: Global Views on Timing of IVF and the Ability to Access Care Chapter 19: Changing Times: How is Same-Sex Relationship Equality Impacting the Fertility Care Landscape? Chapter 20: Exemplar: A Genetically At-Risk Couple Considers the Use of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in the United States
Part IV: Practice: Improving the Delivery of Care in the ART Setting Chapter 21: Assisted Reproductive Technology Treatment Options for Couples With Fertility Issues Chapter 22: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Reproductive and Psychological Implications Chapter 23: Team Communication: Critical in the Care of the Couple With Fertility Challenges Chapter 24: Focusing on Nursing: Emerging Specialty Practice in the United Kingdom Chapter 25: Men and Infertility: Their Experience With Challenges in Family Formation Chapter 26: Exemplar: An Adolescent Seeking Fertility Treatment
Epilogue: Family Formation—What is AHEAD?
10.1891/9780826172549.0003
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- Stevenson, Eleanor L.
- Cobb, Kristina
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This chapter examines the existing literature about stress during pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) in order to ascertain the extent to which this literature supports Lobel et al’s conceptualization of stress. Research indicates that IVF is stressful. However, it is unknown whether the stress of the IVF procedure carries into the pregnancies, and it is also unknown whether the stress levels are higher than those of women who conceive without assistance. The most measured negative emotional response is anxiety, with the contextually related form of anxiety being pregnancy-related anxiety. The chapter discusses country of origin, ethnicity and cultural identity, and gestational age in terms of general and pregnancy-specific anxieties. It is essential that research determines whether standardization of care is necessary for managing the psychological needs of women who become pregnant through IVF, so that stress does not exact long-term harm on women and their babies.
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