Abstract

SILVA, Mary Costa da  and  TACHIBANA, Miriam. SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW: NARRATIVES OF RAINBOW CHILDREN’S MOTHERS. Rev. SPAGESP [online]. 2022, vol.23, n.1, pp. 44-58. ISSN 1677-2970.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.32467/issn.2175-3628v23n1a5.

ABSTRACT Aiming to investigate the emotional experience of mothers who had a "rainbow" child after experiencing a gestational/neonatal loss, four mothers of rainbow children up to three years old were interviewed. The interviews were mediated by an interactive narrative. After each meeting, a transferential narrative was written by the interviewer. The material was analyzed psychoanalytically, according to the Theory of Fields. It was observed that the participants blamed themselves for the loss and for having carried on with the maternal care of the rainbow children, oscillating between overprotection and withdrawal. We have noticed the importance of intervention within this group, which is usually the focus of attention (when it is) only during the pregnancy/puerperium following the gestational/neonatal loss.

Keywords : Maternity; Mother-child relationships; Family.

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