Meanings of lived experience of pregnancy and labor of a woman with infertility diagnosis who did conceive through assisted reproduction techniques

Abstract

Objective: Reveal the lived experience of pregnancy and delivery of a woman diagnosed with infertility who did conceive through assisted reproduction techniques. Method: This is a case study with a qualitative health research design of phenomenology. The participant was a woman who is carrier of the phenomenon under study and that agreed to share her experience through an in-depth interview. The study base question was ¿How the pregnancy and delivery process lived experience of a woman with infertility diagnosis who did conceive through assisted reproduction techniques is shown?. According to Streubert ⁽¹⁾, the phenomenological analysis process steps are: to obtain the participant's description, to separate the assumptions of the researcher ("bracketing"), to read the transcript made "verbatim". Reveal essences, understand the units of meaning, develop the descriptions, return the participant for validation, review relevant literature, and share the results with the nursing community. Results: There are significant units of meaning of suffering due to the treatment and the multiple losses that the interviewee faces. There is also the contrast between happiness and anguish in the course of pregnancy, and hope for having achieved the goal of life raised with her partner. The strengthening of the bond with her husband arises, and finally fears of being confronted with motherhood. As a conclusion, it is possible to understand that women facing ART have unique care needs, so the role of nursing is fundamental, especially accompaniment. This phenomenon should continue to be studied in Chilean women, and involve the perspective of the father.