Women’s Lived Experiences of Decisional Conflict and Support Needs During First-Time Assisted Reproductive Technology Treatment: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study in China
Xia Hong, Zilian Wang, Yu He, Xinyi Yang, Aike Xu, Qun Wei · 2026
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Starting fertility treatment for the first time brings hard choices, and many women feel torn as they make them. Xia Hong and five co-authors interviewed twenty-one women in China in 2026 during their first course of assisted reproduction. They asked how the women weighed the choice, who swayed it, and what support they wished for.
Three themes stood out: inner dilemmas over uncertain outcomes and family pressure, a push and pull of support from spouses, kin, and doctors, and slow adjustment after the choice. Conflict was not only about missing information; it touched identity and the meaning of motherhood. Providers served as anchors in the storm. The authors call for decision support that follows the whole course, not just the first choice.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xia Hong, Zilian Wang, Yu He, Xinyi Yang, Aike Xu, Qun Wei |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 87 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |