Interview topic | Major theme(s) | Subtheme(s) |
---|---|---|
Define infertility. | Inability to have children | Infertility associated with underlying biological/medical problem (women) |
How is infertility diagnosed? | Diagnosed by doctor | Medical tests |
Trying and not conceiving | ||
Causes of female infertility? | Advanced maternal age | Lifestyle, Genetics |
Causes of male infertility? | Lifestyle (men) | Genetics (men), Advanced paternal age (men) |
Low sperm count (women) | Lifestyle (women) | |
Infertility options? | IVF | Adoption |
Artificial insemination (men) | ||
Surrogacy | ||
Chance that IVF will produce a child | Moderate-high chance success | Popularity of IVF |
Skill of physician | ||
Expensive, uncertain, arduous | ||
Infertility curable? | Infertility curable (men) | Promise of technology |
Future developments | ||
Options in event of personal infertility | Adoption | Natural approach |
IVF | Concerns about medication side effects | |
Childlessness (men) |