Femcare Fertility, Kalyani Nagar, Pune provides fertility counselling and emotional support for couples experiencing the psychological stress of infertility, IVF cycles, pregnancy loss and failed treatments. Dr. Sayali Chavan Shitole integrates compassionate guidance into every consultation. Support available. Consultation: ₹500.
A fertility consultation is rarely just a medical appointment. The couple sitting across from Dr. Sayali at Femcare Fertility in Kalyani Nagar has often been through months or years of disappointment - negative tests, heavy periods, a diagnosis that felt like the floor shifting beneath them. They may have delayed telling family. They may be carrying guilt, or grief, or the weight of expectations they never asked for.
Research has established that psychological stress affects fertility treatment outcomes. More practically: people undergoing IVF who feel supported complete their treatment more consistently, make more informed decisions and cope better when cycles fail. Emotional support is not a soft add-on to fertility care at Femcare Fertility - it is built into the way Dr. Sayali practises.
IVF and other fertility treatments require daily injections, multiple clinic visits, monitoring of every physical sign and a two-week wait period that many patients describe as the most emotionally challenging part of the entire process. Studies consistently show that patients undergoing ART experience levels of anxiety and depression comparable to those facing serious medical diagnoses.
Common experiences Dr. Sayali hears from patients:Anxiety during stimulation - 'What if I don't grow enough eggs?'
Fear before egg retrieval - 'What if there are none? What if they don't fertilise?'
The two-week wait - intense hyperawareness of every physical sensation, terror of another negative result
Grief after a failed cycle - particularly after multiple failures
Isolation - not knowing who to tell, feeling misunderstood by family and friends who 'just don't get it'
Miscarriage is a bereavement. It is the loss of a future that had already begun to take shape in the imagination. Dr. Sayali creates space for this grief at Femcare Fertility - not rushing from the clinical details of 'what happened' into 'what we do next.' Both conversations are important and both happen at the right time.
For couples who have experienced recurrent pregnancy loss, the grief is complicated by the uncertainty - the not knowing whether the next pregnancy will end the same way. Dr. Sayali involves counselling support specifically for couples in this situation.
Thorough pre-treatment counselling - realistic expectations, informed consent, emotional readiness assessment
Clear, compassionate communication of results - no withholding, no minimising, no false reassurance
Space to ask any question, no matter how basic or how frightening
Referral to mental health professionals for couples who need more structured psychological support
Open communication during the treatment cycle - patients are encouraged to call or message with concerns rather than waiting for the next appointment
One of the most emotionally challenging moments in a fertility journey is deciding whether to proceed with a further cycle, change treatment, consider donor gametes, or stop treatment altogether. Dr. Sayali provides the information couples need to make these decisions without pressure - and supports whatever decision they reach.
Infertility affects both partners, though the physical burden typically falls on the female partner. The emotional experience of the male partner is often overlooked. At Femcare Fertility, both partners are encouraged to attend consultations, both are spoken to directly and both are asked how they are coping - not just how the treatment is going.