Psychological guidance of IVF patients.

Several questions need to be answered before covering the subject of emotional support and guidance of IVF patients. These include what we actually know about the desire for a child, the emotional characteristics typical of infertility patients and especially of IVF patients, how IVF patients justify their motivations for their desire for a child, cope with the anguish caused by infertility, and how much we know about the stress surrounding IVF treatment. These questions will be discussed in the following article.