Infertility In The Handmaid's Tale

An opinion most people share is that of children bringing happiness to your life. “Being a parent is the best thing that’s ever happened to me” they say, but what happens when a couple can’t conceive naturally? In the Novel The Handmaid’s Tale the problem of infertility is presented to us. The wives are unable to have children therefore the handmaid’s are the one’s who conceive. Womens infertility is from primary or secondary factors. The primary factor is for a woman whom has never had children previously and shows functional alterations that provoke infertility. The secondary factor of infertility is that of women who have had children before, but can not achieve getting pregnant again. After the age of 30 the woman becomes less fertile,