What can husbands do for their wives during their IVF cycle ?

This is a guest post from an expert patient ! If your wife is going through IVF, there are many ways you can support her.  Most couples find it difficult to talk about their infertility problems and experiences with family and close friends.  This leaves them isolated without much emotional and moral support from the outside.  Women need to talk about their problems and feelings in order to feel better and to gain a realistic perspective on things.  Going through infertility treatment is difficult enough, but going through it alone, with no one to share your feelings with is much worse.  Unfortunately, I think most women end up in this predicament because they feel they have no one to talk to who understands what they are going through.   Husbands know everything that is going on and so they are the perfect person to step in and act as the support system.  This means talking with her about how she feels and about how you feel, and listening to her no matter how much she wants to talk about it.  Make sure she knows that it is not her fault and that no matter what the outcome is you love her and your life will be fine even if you don't succeed in having a baby.  Try to be her cheerleader.  Infertility slowly takes a huge toll on a woman's self-esteem, so do whatever you can to remind her that nothing is wrong with her and she is not any less of a woman.  A good way to get some insight as to what your wife might be thin...
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