SUPPORT GROUP

Infertility is not simply a physical condition. It is also an emotional and social condition, carrying with it intense feelings which require careful support from physicians, nurses, counsellors and embryologists involved in the care of the patients. Comprehensive management of infertility is now recognised to include both the physical and emotional care of the couple.

CAREPL has an in-house group of patients who are willing to meet or discuss over the telephone about personal fertility issues and experiences. CAREPL is also is affliated to the IVF Support Group started by ParentLink. The support group members help couples to manage difficult feelings through contact with other infertile couples and counselling. Please visit their website (www.ParentLink.org) to find out more.

CAREPL's objectives is not only to provide high quality clinical and laboratory services but also the psychosocial support to help couples manage the difficult feelings of extreme depression and grief which often overwhelm couples who are denied a child they so earnestly hope to conceive and parent.