How is Hubby Feeling? - Real Mum story on MoM

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We know that infertility can be extremely difficult for a woman but what about her partner or husband? Infertility can be equally upsetting for a male partner or spouse and he may not always verbalize how he’s feeling. Maybe he’s the strong silent type or just won’t express his emotions, but you can bet he is feeling frustrated and hurt in his own way.

If you’re doing all the talking (and crying), make sure to ask him how he’s feeling about the situation or just spend some quality time together doing something that makes you both feel normal. Infertility can really hurt a marriage and it can either make you stronger or weaker as couple. Turn towards each other instead of away from one another. And when in doubt, great big old bear hugs can be just as healing as words.

Posted by mum2nim, 31st May 2013

8 Comments

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 14 Nov 2015
    8:11 pm
I dont think some of us think about this at all.

- - mom94125 said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    3:36 pm
yeah this should be said for all the time. communication is vital for good relationships. thanks for the post

- - Kell said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    3:18 pm
Thank you for the reminder.

- - mom113055 said
  - 08 Apr 2015
    1:41 pm
exellent super story

- - mom57522 said
  - 03 Jan 2015
    5:37 pm
You’re right! I never thought about for the mans point of view before.

- - jodie80 said
  - 31 Mar 2014
    8:41 pm
Thats a good topic i never asked my hubby when we were going through ivf

- - yyon4699 said
  - 17 Mar 2014
    7:21 pm
So true! thank you for raising this issue

- - ollie70 said
  - 31 May 2013
    10:12 am
My husband and I went through 2 years of trying to conceive and dealing with misscarriages (once we started IVF) for unexplained infertility (most likely age related) and our marriage is even stronger now. We supported each other through the ups abd downs and were able to communicate and not blame throughtout he experience. We are very lucky.