“…The study results reveal that infertility becomes an emotional wound that affects the self-esteem of the couples who experience it (Ningrum, 2017). From a woman's perspective, this is considered a manifestation that her identity as a mother will never be realized (Bennet, 2012b;Pangabean, 2014;Novrika, 2015;Ningrum, 2017). In contrast, from a man's point of view, infertility is associated with virility, and his self-esteem as the head of a family is considered a failure (Péloquin, 2013).…”