Paradox of Modern Pregnancy: A Phenomenological Study of Women’s Lived Experiences from Assisted Pregnancy

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of subjects.

Participant	Age	Level of education	Gestational age (week)	Marriage duration	Infertility duration (year)	The cause of infertility	History of treatment failure ()	Ethnicity
1	33	M.S.	4, 8	5	5	Hypothalamic amenorrhea	—	Kurd
2	24	B.S.	5	3	1	PCO	IO (1)	Fars
3	30	HS	4	3	1	DOR	Io (3)	Fars
4	28	HS	20, 29	13	10	Tubal factor	IUI (1)	Fars
5	36	HS	13, 19, 28	15	14	Tubal factor	Io (3)	Fars
6	28	HS	20	9	5	PCO	ICSI (1)	Fars
7	30	B.S.	20	14	11	PCO, tubal factor	ICSI (3)	Kurd
8	26	B.S. student	16, 20	6	5	Fibroma	IUI (5)	Fars
9	32	HS	9	13	12	Immunological	IUI (5); ICSI (1)	Turk
10	25	HS	4	7	6	Immunological	ICSI (5)	Turk
11	28	9th grade	12	12	11	Fibroma and adhesion in uterus	IUI (1); ICSI (1)	Lor
12	31	M.A. student	28	7	3.5	DOR	IUI (3)	Turk

HS: high school, B.S.: Bachelor of Science, M.A.: Master of Art, and M.S.: Master of Science.
IO: induction ovulation, IUI: intrauterine insemination, and ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection.