PSYCHOLOGICAL-STUDY OF 20 WOMEN AFTER FAILED IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION ATTEMPTS

The study is related to 20 women who attempted one or more I VF which failed. A home interview at least two years later, aimed to know how t hey had reorganized their life. The hypothesis was that the women who accepted the interview either see it as a reflexion about IVF as an ex perience belonging to the past, eras an offer to help them because the y need it. In fact, regardless of the way the women overcame or not th e situation, the number of IVF; and the subsequent presence or absence of children, the overwhelming majority of women (18/20) accepted the interview because they felt the need to help themselves or other women . Considering associated symptoms, interview content and operating psy chic mechanisms, IVF physical and psychic costs appear extremely heavy for both women and couples. The experience of IVF seems psychically u nintegrable. propositions are made on contra-indications and precautio ns to take before proposing IVF.