(Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life) 1st ed. 2019 edition
by Paulina Billett (Author), Anne-Maree Sawyer (Author)
This book explores an online support group for women who are
infertile. Offering a close-up view of the women’s identities and
emotions as they navigate the “roller-coaster” world of infertility, a
range of questions are addressed: How do the women seek support? How do
they offer support to one another? How are intimacies produced in the
online space? Through narrative analysis of online journals and posts,
the authors examine the impact of infertility on women’s perceptions of
their bodies, their struggles with medical professionals, on their
relationships with family and friends, and the challenges that a
diagnosis of infertility presents to couples.
Infertility and Intimacy in an Online Community
will appeal to social scientists, students from a range of health
science disciplines, counsellors and health professionals, and women and
men who are dealing with infertility.
