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This article is aimed at studying the emotional experiences and ways of dealing with individuals who are treated with infertility by qualitative methods, closely recognizing their emotional difficulties and contributing to medical and psychological support services. The study examined 8 couples and 12 women who were treated at the University Hospital of Maltepe. The findings were analyzed using the quality data analysis program (Nvivo8). When participants learned they could not have a child through sex, they defined the feelings they felt in a wide range of emotions ranging from disappointment to anger, especially in the form of shock, denial, anger, guilt, depression and sadness. In the participants, being unable to have a child has been experienced as a disability in the expression of femininity, a decrease in self-perception, a general existencial deficiency and a traumatic life. Family and spouse support is defined as the most important social support resources to help cope with this process. Being educated by a woman, having a job outside the house and seeing infertility as part of a spiritual plan outside her own control has emerged as other important sources that help in dealing with negative emotions.