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Introduction: IVF involves a carefully orchestrated series of steps, beginning with hormonal stimulation to encourage the ovaries to produce multiple eggs, followed by the retrieval of these eggs. Objectives of the study: The main objective of the study to assess the stress and coping abilities on IVF among women attending fertility center. Methodology: A quantitative research approach was adopted for the present study. A descriptive research design was adopted for the present study. By using convenient sampling technique, 50 women attending fertility centre in selected hospital. Results: The present study reveals that majority 26 (52%) of them had mild stress, 20 (40%) of them had moderate stress and 4 (8%) of them had high stress among women attending fertility centre. The finding shows that, majority 23 (46%) of them had low coping, 21 (42%) of them had moderate coping and 6 (12%) had well coping among women attending fertility centre. Conclusion: The study findings concluded that majority of women attending fertility centre had mild stress and moderate coping. There was significance association between year of marriage with level of stress among women attending fertility centre where p<0.05.