It may surprise you to learn that in a recent study by the nonprofit organization Healthy Women, one third of the couples surveyed reported that coping with infertility together strengthened the couples’ relationship.
This result signals the potential that a couple has to overcome the hardship of infertility by supporting and empathizing with each other.
In an article describing the study, Healthy Women also reported:
- About three-fourths of women say their partners were very or extremely supportive while they went through infertility treatment
- Ninety percent of women are still with the same partner they were with when they went through infertility treatment. Those that separated said the treatments were not a major reason for the breakup.
Infertility affects relationship – but you can choose to support each other
Infertility has the potential to change a couple’s relationship in a many ways.
The affects of infertility, and infertility treatment, can be felt in a couple’s health, social life, emotional balance, finances, and even careers.
The stresses of infertility have been described as being on the same “life changing level” as cancer, losing your job, or divorce.
Even so, partners that can empathize with each other and remain supportive as they weather the challenges of infertility have the potential to emerge with a stronger, closer relationship.
In our next two blog posts, we will be discussing how infertility affects men differently than women, and tips that you can use to stay close to your partner while coping with infertility together.
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