- Q.13
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Are you and your partner actively trying to conceive?
Are you involved?
Married men and women trying to conceive
Men rate their own involvement and their partner's involvement equally.
On the other hand, women seem to feel a difference in the degree of involvement they have with their partners.
Distribution of the degree of assertiveness between men and women
Many men aged 25-29 and women in their early 30s report that they and their partners are actively involved in it.
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What changes have you noticed since you started trying to conceive?
what.
Married men and women trying to conceive
Many people say that trying to conceive has made them more interested in pregnant women and babies, and has increased opportunities for communication with their partners.
- Q.15
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When you're trying to conceive, do you (or did) feel stressed?
Married men and women trying to conceive
More women than men find fertility treatment difficult, and the percentage of women who find it difficult increases after the age of 30.
- Q.16
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When did you feel the most distressed during your "trying to conceive"?
Married men and women trying to conceive
<Based on people who felt distressed>
For both men and women, the most common reason for wanting to conceive is "when they find out they are not pregnant," but for women, the next most common reason is "when friends or colleagues become pregnant," while for men, it's "when fertility treatment is unsuccessful and their partner becomes emotionally unstable."
- Q.17
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The costs incurred so far to have a child are
How long?
Married men and women trying to conceive
The cost tends to increase with age. [Initiatives utilizing clinics]
The cost of trying to conceive was around 600,000 yen.
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Have you done the following to get pregnant?
Do you have any?
Married men and women trying to conceive
Approximately 30% of people have experienced artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, or intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
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The difficulties and burdens associated with "in vitro fertilization" and "intracytoplasmic sperm injection"
What were your thoughts on that?
Married men and women trying to conceive
<Based on experiences with in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)>
While "financial burden" is the most common concern for both men and women, women tend to experience greater physical and mental burdens.
- Q.20
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Does your workplace have a system in place to support or assist with "fertility treatment"?
Do you have any?
Married men and women trying to conceive
Only about 20% of workplaces have support systems in place for employees trying to conceive.
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#DATA 3 Summary: Changes and burdens associated with engaging in "fertility treatment" as revealed by the survey.
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While it appears that "trying to conceive" has led to increased communication between couples, with some reporting that "partners are now saying kind things to each other and acting more considerately," it has also been observed that both men and women tend to feel more "stressed" as the fertility treatment period lengthens or as they begin to utilize clinics. Furthermore, it has become clear that there are differences between men and women in how and when they feel this "stress," with women feeling "lonely" and men feeling "when fertility treatment is unsuccessful and their partner becomes emotionally unstable." The fact that approximately 30% of women feel lonely and distressed during "trying to conceive," which is supposed to be a collaborative effort between partners, is by no means a small number. It is somewhat natural that men and women perceive the burden differently, so instead of bearing these feelings alone, communicating and understanding each other can alleviate anxiety and reduce the stress.
Advice from Toshimasa Ota
When the period of trying to conceive drags on and fertility treatment begins, it places a significant burden on women, especially mentally, physically, and in terms of time. In contrast, male fertility treatment can be started relatively easily. Since the causes of infertility are said to be almost equally distributed between men and women, I think that if men also get tested, it will be easier for both partners to be on the same page.
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