Table 1. Caring and healing process in the intervention group.

Follow-ups	Follow-up Process
Follow-up 1 (T 1 )	Introduction	▪ Determining and informing on random basis ▪ Sharing the contact information, and informing about the maintenance of contact via phone during the process ▪ Approaching the woman with love and affection; who is that person? How can I do the caring?(CF 1) ▪ Creating a therapeutic environment for all the follow-ups carried out in the infertility treatment process; respec the needs (CF 8, 9) ▪ Sharing infertility-related experiences (CF 4, 5) ▪ Talking about the fears related to infertility treatment (CF 4, 5) ▪ Talking about the priorities in infertility treatment and about the decisions regarding health care (CF 4, 5, 6)
Follow-up 2	Beginning of ovulation induction	▪ Talking about the feelings and emotions regarding medicine practices (CF 4, 5, 6,7) ▪ Explaining the medicine practices in a relationship of mutual learning-teaching (CF 4, 5, 6, 7) ▪ Talking about experiences regarding infertility (CF 4, 5, 6,7) ▪ Talking about the meaning of life with the woman (CF 10) ▪ Talking about the negative and positive developments in the infertility treatment process; trying to support and strengthen the positive aspects via religious beliefs and hope (CF 2) ▪ Talking about what they have done to cope with the negative situations in the infertility treatment process (CF 3)
Follow-up 3	hCG injection and OPU preparation	▪ Talking about the experiences related to hCG injection (CF5, 6, 7) ▪ Explaining the hCG injection in a relationship of mutual learning-teaching (CF 5, 6, 7) ▪ Explaining the OPU process in a relationship of mutual learning–teaching (CF5, 6, 7) ▪ Talking about what they have done to cope with the negative situations in the infertility treatment process (CF 3)
Follow-up 4	OPU process and ET preparation after OPU	Meeting all the needs before and after OPU (CF 9) Explaining the ET process in a relationship of mutual learning–teaching (CF 5, 6, 7)
Follow-up 5 (T 2 )	Embryo transfer (ET) and the following period	Meeting all the needs of before and after ET (CF9)
Follow-up 6	Follow-up via phone until the pregnancy test	▪ This follow-up was done via phone because the women were taking a rest after ET. ▪ Talking about the expectations from infertility treatment (CF 2). ▪ Talking about what they would feel in case of pregnancy or failure in pregnancy (CF 5, 9, 10) ▪ Talking about miracles in life; do they believe in miracles? Do they think life is unfair? (CF 5, 9, 10)
Follow-up 7	Interview before the pregnancy test	Talking about their feelings regarding the pre-pregnancy period (CF 5, 9, 10)
	Interview after the pregnancy test	▪ Talking about their feelings regarding the pregnancy test result (CF 5, 9, 10) ▪ Informing the women whose pregnancy test was negative that the follow-ups would continue; that face-to-face interviews would be hold for a month; and that communication could be maintained via phone
Follow-up 8	Repetition of follow-up 15 days after the pregnancy test for the women with a negative test result	▪ Talking about their feelings regarding the pregnancy test result (CF 5, 9, 10) ▪ Talking about how to cope with the negative result of the pregnancy test (CF 3 )
Follow-up 9 (T 3 )	Repetition of follow-up a month after the pregnancy test for the women with a negative test result	▪ Sharing the women’s experiences regarding the failure in treatment (CF 3, 4, 5) ▪ Talking about what to do in future; talking about their feelings regarding whether to start a new treatment or not (CF 1, 2, 3) ▪ Talking about their plans in the near future (for the 3 rd and 6 th months) (CF 2)