"Can We Do This Again?": Understanding Women's Experiences of Infertility

Abstract

This hermeneutic inquiry into women’s experiences of infertility involved interviews with 10 women participants living in Canada. The research revealed an experience of infertility that was physically challenging, relationally complex, and financially demanding. Couched within infertility were experiences of loss, grief, remembrance, hope, blame, and care. In addition to the presence of an absence, the experience of infertility was disclosive of insights into selfhood, family, and kinship.