The objective of this paper is to detail the process of psychological adaptation for a woman navigating the world after a diagnosis of age-related infertility. Infertility is a medical condition, but it occurs within a social and cultural context, thereby creating social and psychological dimensions. Discrepancies between a woman’s fertility ideals and her reality may be related to both personal preferences and contributing social factors. The discussion will be based on longitudinally collected interview data. Drawing on the Dialogical Self Theory, the paper will focus on intra-psychological dynamics (dialogues) and will analyze the adaptation process in terms of I-positions. Based on idiographic analyses the conclusion is that adaptation takes place by taking subjective personal control over the uncertainty of infertility. By integrating new I-position into intra-personal phenomena, the core “I” will be united with new qualities and is seen as an authentic elaboration resulting from the formation of personal, subjective meaning in a uniquely personal developmental trajectory.

本文的目的是在诊断出与年龄有关的不育症之后，详细介绍一名在世界上航行的女性的心理适应过程。不孕症是一种医学疾病，但它发生在社会和文化背景下，从而形成了社会和心理方面。女人的生育理想与现实之间的差异可能与个人喜好和社会因素有关。讨论将基于纵向收集的采访数据。借助“对话自我”理论，本文将重点关注内部心理动力学（对话），并根据I位置分析适应过程。根据具体的分析得出的结论是，适应是通过对不孕症的不确定性进行主观的个人控制而发生的。