Table 3.

Major themes and subthemes organized by interview topic

Interview topic	Major theme(s)	Subtheme(s)
Define infertility.	Inability to have children	Infertility associated with underlying biological/medical problem (women)
How is infertility diagnosed?	Diagnosed by doctor	Medical tests
	Trying and not conceiving
Causes of female infertility?	Advanced maternal age	Lifestyle, Genetics
Causes of male infertility?	Lifestyle (men)	Genetics (men), Advanced paternal age (men)
	Low sperm count (women)	Lifestyle (women)
Infertility options?	IVF	Adoption
		Artificial insemination (men)
		Surrogacy
Chance that IVF will produce a child	Moderate-high chance success	Popularity of IVF
		Skill of physician
		Expensive, uncertain, arduous
Infertility curable?	Infertility curable (men)	Promise of technology
		Future developments
Options in event of personal infertility	Adoption	Natural approach
	IVF	Concerns about medication side effects
	Childlessness (men)