Disclosing Infertility To Employers Does Not Cause Stress For Some Women
Posted on Fri Nov 09, 2007
Researchers from the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, reported recently that women undergoing fertility treatment and their decision to inform their employers about it has little effect on their stress levels. According to lead researcher, Dr. Peter S. Finamore, and his team, disclosing the information, they assumed would ease women's stress levels or even generate anxiety, as it is a personal matter and would require taking some time off work. However, Finamore and his team found that whatever the decision, it had very little effect on a woman's overall stress.
The study, which surveyed 267 women, also found that 43 percent of the women had not informed their employers or co-workers about their decision while 32 percent had. The remaining women were either self-employed or did not work at all.
Finamore and his team also revealed that stress, depression and anxiety affect a woman's chances of getting pregnant. Therefore, it is important to understand the effects of stress when a woman undergoes fertility treatment.