• Dr.Supriya Pottal Ray
• Dr.Nilima Bhore

The essence of being a woman is mostly attributed to the fact that she reproduces, raises children and completes her life cycle of achieving womanhood. Various holy books also mention about women being barren and then conceiving with the power of the almighty. Traditionally it is looked at as a very important milestone after the rituals of marriage. All these holds true to majority of the woman , but with changing trends , lifestyle, prioritizing things , changes in food habits, activity levels and so on has had an effect on the reproductive cycles of woman. This in turn affects their fertility cycles and then the problem arises, the crisis arises, crisis of not being able to reproduce, not being able to provide an heir to the family, not being able to conceive. The word which defines the inability to conceive after one year of coital act without the use of any contraceptive devices is known as infertility. Both men and woman are subjected to the occurrence of this inability, and as a result they may suffer from primary or secondary infertility. Though there are extensive researchers being done on fertility, very few have found a reference with infertility. Therefore infertility was identified as a health priority and global health issue by the WHO. The present study was undertaken to determine the effect on infertility on woman through a qualitative design using a phenomenological approach. The objective of the research was to study and look into the experiences of the women who were undergoing the process of treatment for infertility. One to one in-depth interview technique was conducted on 15 samples with 4 interactions. The interviews were translated, verbatim was made, coding of the data was done to identify the sub-themes from which the main themes were derived. Themes generated were: disbelief, challenges in treatment, relationships, social stigma, thought process reliance in god and coping. The present study aimed to explore the experiences of woman suffering from primary infertility and such data are needed to complete the community and sociological science literature on this reproductive problem and to provide evidence-based data to direct and create policies in reproductive healthcare specific to infertility. It will also help nurses in counselling services and also to identify and rectify the problems posed by these clients.

effect, infertility treatment, women.

"IMPACT OF INFERTILITY TREATMENT ON WOMEN.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.1834-1839, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904S67.pdf

"IMPACT OF INFERTILITY TREATMENT ON WOMEN.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp1834-1839, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904S67.pdf