Oocyte donation : potencial receptorsrererred experiences in a university hospital program / Ovodoação: vivências das doadoras e receptoras de óvulos em um hospital universitário

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

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INTRODUCTION: Self accomplishment through maternity and paternity is often one of the most important life projects for an individual or couple and one of the basis over which the couple constructs their relationship. Because it represents an interruption in the couples life project, the infertility diagnosis may generate difficulties in the social, familiar and conjugal relationships not always easily overcome. The oocyte donation is an assisted reproduction technique in which the female gamete is provided by a different woman from the one which will receive the resulting embryo. These techniques may help infertile couples in their parenting project. OBJECTIVES: Considering the relatively recent quality of the process, as well as the lack of systematized national data concerning the psychological issues involved in the process of oocyte donation, the present study had as its general objective to investigate the self-referred experiences of potential oocyte donors and receptors enrolled in a oocyte donation program; it also aimed to identify the main reasons referred by women for being oocyte donors or receptors; comprehend the referred fantasies of these women towards the process; and offer the health team the support to work through the process in a more effective and integrated manner. METHODS: The study was conducted in the Human Assisted Reproduction Center of the Medical School of ABC. All women enrolled in the Oocyte Donation Program between May of 2006 and May of 2008 was invited to participate in the study. Within this period there were 23 women, ages between 21 and 35 years, candidates to the oocyte donation, and 58 women, ages up to 53 years, candidates to the oocyte reception. Data was collected through semi-direct interviews, following a previously elaborated interview guide; the medical records were also used for detecting the medical diagnosis. RESULTS: We were able to observe that the wish for pregnancy, the chance of becoming a mother and constructing a family were the main reasons given by women for being oocyte receptors; on the counterpart, a new problem would have to be dealt with by these women: the existence of a forth party, a more potent woman; besides that, there was the secrecy situation, as well as the keeping of the secret from the child conceived from the procedure. As to the donors, helping another woman was the main reason referred by them for participating in such a program. There is in fact disposition to help, however, not with altruistic characteristics, for there is an expectation of gains concerning the way they will be seen and treated by the medical team in consequence of their donation, as well as expectations of a positive result (pregnancy) for their own treatment. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The comprehension of this complex constellation seems to be essential for the proposal to be well succeeded. The data obtained suggests the existence of a universe full of fantasies, fears, and expectations that permeate the experience of participating in a Oocyte Donation Program, showing also the importance of prospective studies concerning oocyte donation situations, no matter if they are successful or not

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entrevista psicológica cônjuges/psicologia doação de oócitos/psicologia married couple/psychology infertilidade human reproduction assisted psychology interview reprodução humana assistida oocyte donation/psychology

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