Infertility and Society pressure

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Infertility and Society pressure

December 17, 2025

Infertility is a significant challenge faced by many couples worldwide, but in the middle east, it is often more than just a medical issue as one of the biggest challenges of infertility is facing the society pressure. Couples experience immense social pressure related to the expectation of having children, which can affect their marital lives and may even lead to divorce if mutual support and understanding are lacking.

Social Pressure on Infertile Couples

In many Arab societies, there is an expectation for couples to have children soon after marriage, creating significant pressure, particularly on women. This pressure often comes from family, friends, and neighbors who don't hesitate to intervene with advice, further exacerbating the feeling of stigma and guilt. In some cases, infertility is seen as a social failure, placing the couple under continuous psychological stress.

Impact of This Pressure on Marital Relationships

Social pressures can increase tension and conflict between spouses. If couples are unable to communicate openly and supportively, feelings of isolation and loneliness may arise.
Continuous societal intervention can create a sense of helplessness or failure, leading to a lack of emotional support between partners. When couples are unable to cope with pressures together, feelings of frustration and doubt can escalate, potentially deteriorating the relationship and leading to divorce. A lack of mutual understanding and emotional support can undermine the marriage.

How to Handle These Pressures

Open Communication:Couples should speak openly about their feelings.
Setting Boundaries:Couples need to establish boundaries with society to minimize interventions.
Psychological Support:Seeking therapy or counseling to alleviate psychological pressure. Dr. Jessica Azoury (The IVF coach) ensures free support and counseling sessions for couples requiring it during their whole treatment journey in Azoury IVF Clinic.
Working as a Team:The couple should approach infertility as a shared issue and seek treatment together.

Conclusion

A very big study from the renown Harvard university has shown that people suffering from infertility and people undergoing IVF treatment suffer from higher levels of stress and anxiety compared to the patients suffering from cancer. If you are a couple suffering from infertility, understand and support each other, shut down the feelings of guilt and the blame. You will be parents in God’s will. IVF works for all the couples who don’t give up. But if u succumb to blame and guilt, the chances of getting a divorce before conceiving are high. If you make it through this difficult time, you will come out stronger and more united than ever.

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The difficulty of infertility and delayed childbearing in society
The difficulty of infertility and delayed childbearing in society

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  • The IVF success rate depends on the age of the woman and the cause of infertility. The success rate reaches 70% for every embryo transfer attempt in women younger than 35 years. In vitro fertilization leads to a live-birth in 90% of cases if the couple does not give up.

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  • This is the question that no IVF specialist can answer. If we knew the cause that will lead to failure, we would have solved it before transferring the embryos. We can only make assumptions about the causes. Embryo implantation in the uterus is a very complex process and multiple factors are involved. We can monitor and control all the factors we know about, like endometrial thickness, the timing of transfer and the absence of uterine problems. Other factors like immunity are known to play a role but cannot be controlled. The majority of factors remain unknown. Whether we like it or not, we always do our best but the final outcome is in God’s hands.

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