Open AccessBeing a Gynecologist Doctor Specialized in IVF, a Mother and a Woman at the Time of COVID-19
Author(s) -
S. Ferrero
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of safety and security engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2041-904X
pISSN - 2041-9031
DOI - 10.18280/ijsse.110422
Subject(s) - life expectancy , infertility , psychological resilience , depression (economics) , medicine , covid-19 , fertility , psychology , pandemic , psychiatry , pregnancy , social psychology , environmental health , population , macroeconomics , disease , pathology , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , genetics
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting people around the world with terrible impacts on health, economy, social and psychological aspects and so on, but in this paper, I would like to focus attention on how this situation is worsening the female world. Although men have been shown to have a higher risk factor due to the presence of testosterone, women are severely affected due to: Health Impact •Reduction of life expectancy in terms of delay on necessary oncological checks and consequent progression of related pathologies; •Delay/Stop in taking up the battle against the infertility which can result in potential depression; •A significant increase in fears for both, the woman herself and the incoming creature. Social Impact: The ability to resilience and manages critical situations have always been a female peculiarity but we cannot fail to consider objective data such as: •Reduced chances to save the job position after a severe economic crisis; •Enormous stress for the dual role of mother and worker aggravated by the distance learning (DAD) In this work I will bring to the attention my experience in this emergency period as a gynaecologist doctor specialized in In Vitro Fertilization (IVF); as a mother and as a woman living this situation in the Italian Society.