"There is no heartbeat, the wait was interrupted." A miscarriage is a big pain for women. It is a promise of great joy that is broken, leaving the heart disbelief, disappointment and bitterness. The 15-25% of pregnancies spontaneously stops in the first quarter. And every year in Italy about 2 out of 100 pregnancies end with a perinatal death.
When the wait is interrupted. Reflections and testimonies on prenatal loss (Green Lion, 2010) aims to provide an answer to those questions that are most common when you lose a child pending or shortly after birth. Why did that happen? Happen again? Will I become a mother? Checks and inspections are needed? Why others do not understand this pain? And the future dad? How do you feel a man in these situations?
Thanks to the assistance of many experts - psychologists, midwives, obstetricians, neonatologists - are offered a key to understanding the physical and emotional reactions of women, and reflects on the stages and time of mourning. Exit the silence that too often surrounds making these arguments almost taboo, can be of great help for women, but also for those who are near (partner, family, friends, health workers) and want to offer their support. The testimonies, intense and moving, so many parents who have experienced this loss they want to be a helping hand to any woman who now is suffering and needs to know that she is not alone.
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