Infertility is medically defned as a lack of conception following at least one year of unprotected sexual intercourse (WHO, 2009). Infertility and its treatment can have a considerable impact on a persons quality of life and infertility problems can be among the most upsetting experiences in peoples lives (Fekkes et al., 2003). In fact, infertility has been ranked as one of the great stressors in life, comparable to divorce and death in the family (Holter et al., 2006).
Infertility Counselling addressing
Emotional effects
Grieving and depression
Anger and frustration
Guilt
Shock and denial
Anxiety
Loss of control
Loss of control over activities, body, emotions
Inability to predict and plan future
Loss of health
Loss of security (about a predictable future)
Effects on self
esteem, identity & beliefs
Loss of self-esteem and self
confidence, feelings of inadequacy
Identity problems or shifts, loss of status or prestige
Changes in world views
Social effects
Effects on marital interactions and satisfaction (positive and negative)
Effects on sexual functioning
Different social network interactions, changes in relationships with network members, loneliness, embarrassment
Loss of a (potential) relationship
Loss of fantasy or hope of fulflling an important fantasy
Loss of something or someone of great symbolic value
Loss of future and past in one person
Palakkad, Kerala, India 
