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Summary
• In general, the emotional impact of infertility seems to be lower for men than for women (since women‘s loss of being pregnant is not experienced by men)
• At least men with male factor infertility suffer as much as women with female factor infertility, but research results are still inconclusive
• Male factor infertility seems to be more stigmatized than other infertility diagnoses
• Men do indeed experience pain related to their infertility
but feel they have few acceptable outlets for the
expression of their distress
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Conclusions (I)
• Studies on invasive reproductive treatment measures on infertile men (e.g. MESA / TESE) are still missing
• The counselling needs of men and women after (successful or unsuccessful) treatment for male factor infertility have to be investigated
• The same implies to the counselling needs of families after donor insemination and to the development of children born after donor insemination
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