Involuntary childlessness after infertility is a phenomenon that impacts women’s lives worldwide. This capstone project used a phenomenological approach to conduct a qualitative pilot study to explore the lived experience for woman who are involuntarily childless after infertility. Using convenience sampling with inclusion and exclusion criteria, fifteen participants from eight countries provided narrative data about their experiences with the phenomenon in open-ended, semi-structured interviews. The virtual interviews were recorded audio-visually and transcribed verbatim. For this capstone project, six interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. Seven themes were determined. The identified themes describe the lived experience for women who are involuntarily childless after infertility, the occupational impact of the phenomenon, and the occupational needs of women in this population. The findings of this capstone project serve as the basis for supporting the provision of occupational therapy services for women who are involuntarily childless after infertility.
