This situation can sometimes be remedied by hormone therapy. The man is more likely to experience emotional distress when he is the cause of the infertility. Problems with infertility can have profoundly negative effects on a couple's relationship and sexual functioning. Each may feel inadequate about his or her masculinity or femininity due to problems with conceiving. Intercourse itself may evoke these uncomfortable feelings and become and emotionally painful rather than pleasurable experience.
Sex can become very stressful and mechanical.
Taking basal body temperature daily and timing intercourse according to ovulation can create tremendous performance anxiety that can interfere with sexual arousal and emotional closeness. Alternatives to Intercourse for Conception Artificial insemination is a medical procedure in which semen is placed in a woman's vagina, cervix, or uterus. Artificial insemination may also be used in cases where it is critical for a couple to preselect the sex of their baby. A Surrogate mother is a woman who is artificially inseminated by the male partner in a childless couple, carries the pregnancy to term, delivers the child, and gives it tot he couple for adoption. In vitro fertilization is a procedure in which mature eggs are removed from a woman's ovary and fertilized by sperm in a laboratory dish.