[Couple relations and couple dynamics in the sterile marriage].

Only if the couple can accept that both their wish to have a child and their infertility are deeply rooted in their relationship will they be prepared to undergo and tolerate the stresses and strains involved in fertility treatment without allowing it to govern their lives completely. If both sides - the doctor and the couple - refuse to admit that there are limits and cannot acknowledge their feelings of inadequacy and impotence, and the anger and sadness which are inevitably linked with these, the couple will have no chance to mourn and finally give up their desire for a child, if that becomes necessary.