Abstract

VISINTIN, Carlos Del Negro; INACARATO, Gisele Meirelles Fonseca  and  AIELLO-VAISBERG, Tânia Maria José. Imaginaries of women who experienced a pregnancy loss. Estilos clin. [online]. 2020, vol.25, n.2, pp. 193-209. ISSN 1415-7128.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v25i2p193-209.

This study is part of a larger set of studies about maternal suffering, understood as socially determined. Its objective is to investigate the collective imaginary of women who experienced pregnancy loss, from the perspective of psychoanalytic concrete psychology. The importance of this study lies in its potential to shed light upon a situation that is relevant for psychological practice in the scope of motherhood, contributing to support preventive measures and interventions. This qualitative study adopted the psychoanalytical method to address Brazilian blogs authored by women reporting pregnancy loss. Two fields of affective-emotional meaning emerged from the psychoanalytical interpretation: "It's the mother's fault" and "Eternal void". Both fields convey the idea that women are the only ones accountable for gestational loss, leading to feelings of guilt and emptiness.

Keywords : motherhood; psychoanalytic method; collective imaginaries.

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