A study on perception of pregnancy and childbirth experience of women who became pregnant by in vitro fertilization

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K19685
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 58070:Lifelong developmental nursing-related
• Research Institution: Iwate University of Health and Medical Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Otani Yoshiko 岩手保健医療大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (60811718)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 不妊治療 / 体外受精 / 体外受精後妊娠 / 妊娠・出産体験

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted a semi-structured interview survey on women who gave birth after conceiving through in vitro fertilization and elucidated the acceptance of becoming pregnant via in vitro fertilization, as well as subsequent childbirth. During the infertility treatment, they had experience with the feeling of “I am unable to confide in anyone” while receiving “infertility treatment that was more difficult than anticipated.” During the pregnancy, they had experience that “find my peace of mind and develop a positive attitude.” The delivery period was filled with “anxiety and preparedness for a safe birth” and “birth of my child with no actual feeling” in the “circumstance of unexpected birth.” The findings showed that experience of infertility treatment starts during treatment and continues into the period after childbirth, and factors that have a strong influence on women’s acceptance, as well as open communication and sharing with their husbands, become the points of concern.

Free Research Field

生殖医療

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

不妊治療の中でもより多くのストレスや困難を経験した体外受精後妊娠の女性への看護ケアを確立することによって、体外受精後妊娠の女性だけでなく、一般不妊治療後妊娠の女性へ対しても適切なケアへの提供が可能となる。本研究は生殖補助医療の急速な進歩に比べ、不妊治療後の妊娠・出産・育児に関する具体的看護ケアの検討・実施において立ち遅れている状況を打破するものである。