"I couldn't think that far": infertile women's decision making about multifetal reduction |
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Authors: | Collopy Kate Sullivan |
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Affiliation: | Department of Nursing, University of New Hampshire, Durham 03824, USA. |
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Abstract: | In this phenomenological study women's experiences regarding their decisions to undergo or forgo multifetal reduction of their higher-order multiple pregnancies were explored. Seven women who had conceived higher-order multiple pregnancies as the result of in vitro fertilization were interviewed. Four participants accepted reduction, whereas three participants declined. Three themes were discerned: (a) the presence of infertility as a barrier to contemplating hyperfertility; (b) multiple-birth pregnancy as yet another form of loss for infertile women; and (c) the lasting effects of having made the decision. |
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Keywords: | pregnancy reduction multifetal pregnancy multiple decision making triplets infertility ethics medical |
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