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Coping strategies adopted by infertile women

: Parenthood achievement is one of the major life goals for most men and women. In planning a life together, most of the couples have a vision about how their life should be, and most of them wish to have children of their own for the future life. When fertility fails, the couples become depressed psychologically and can experience a wide range of emotions. Couples may blame themselves even though it is not a personal failure orpunishment. The present descriptive study was conducted to ascertain the coping strategies adopted by infertile women attending Satjot Human Reproduction & research center, Amritsar (Punjab).A total of 112 infertile women were selected by using convenient sampling technique. The tool consisted of two sections i.e. demographic profile & rating scale.Rating scale consists of 27 items & domains used were; denial / wishful thinking, talking to others, taking control, passing as normal, and fate/acceptance/blame. Respondents were asked to indicate on a 4-point Likert scale how often they used each particular coping strategy. Thus 0=does not apply/or not used; 1=used somewhat; 2=used quite a bit; and 3=used a great deal. The findings revealed that 72% of the women keep information about their infertility to themselves, 82% women depended on their religious faith, 70% found comfort in their husbands' support, others became absorbed in their occupation or profession, 45% of women reported regaining control of their infertility through reading and learning a lot about infertility that empowered them to make informed decisions and choices. In conclusion, infertility is quite distressing for patients, external support from family and friends, new treatment opportunities could