ENABLING CONCEPTION AND PREGNANCY - MIDWIFERY CARE OF WOMEN EXPERIENCING INFERTILITY

This article provides a comprehensive and thoughtful overview of prima ry midwifery care of the woman experiencing infertility. Midwifery ass essment and management strategies that can assist women and their part ners experiencing infertility to achieve a successful pregnancy are re viewed. In addition to physiologic considerations, the article address es psychosocial, spiritual, legal, and financial issues essential to u nderstanding the ramifications of infertility care. The authors frame their approach in a feminist perspective that enables the woman to ach ieve control of fertility and self-determination of care. (C) 1998 by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.