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Original Article

Patterns of emotional responses to pregnancy, experience of pregnancy and attitudes to parenthood among IVF couples: a longitudinal study

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Pages 153-162 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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Özlem Kayabaşi & Şengül Yaman Sözbir. (2022) The relationship between quality of life, perceived stress, marital satisfaction in women conceived through ART. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 40:2, pages 108-117.
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