[The experience and adaptative behaviors of the infertile women who were suffering from in vitro fertilization failure].

The purposes of this study were to explore the women's experience and adaptative behaviors when they suffered from in vitro fertilization failure. Under a survey designed using purposive sampling, 30 IVF fertilization failure women were recrutied. A semi-structured interview guide was developed for data collection. When the subjects were informed for the IVF fertilization failure, they were interviewed and data were collected. All data were translated in a narrative form and analyzed by content analysis. The results showed there were four types of experience and each of them had different adaptative behaviors: (A) They were disappointed and confused to the fertilization failure; they coped by accepting the fate, decreasing the expectation, looking for the failing factors, and looking for the successful factors. (B) They felt painful during the treatment course; they coped by reviewing the treatment course, having a rest, doing something that they had delayed, and planning to go ahead. (C) They felt unfair to the outcome of the effort; they coped by blaming the fate, wanting to change the mode of treatment, or by refusing to accept the treatment again. (D) They did not know what to do next; they coped by avoiding the fact or searching for more consultation. The findings can be used to establish a nursing care standard for the IVF fertilization failure women. Accordingly, the nurses can help the infertile women to recover from their grief and restitute a positive prospect of their future lives.