What’s Inside of You Now is Just Bones and Skin”

The Tension between Restorative Meaning-Making and Deliberate Detachment in Maternal Experiences of Stillbirth

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13628178
AutoresCatharine Hunt (0000-0003-3094-3352, City, University of London, autor de correspondencia), Daphne Josselin (City, University of London)
Año2022
Volumen90
Número2
Páginas848-864
Fecha de publicación2022-08-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228221112255
PMID36029020
OpenAlexW4293872314
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas24

This article explores the ways in which bereaved mothers framed experiences of continuing bonds with their stillborn child and aims to enrich an understanding of maternal sense-making. Four interviews were carried out with bereaved mothers and approached using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, so as to offer deeper insight into their individual experiences. Themes which arose from the analysis include: "Continuing bonds and the female body;" "Conflicted bonding with the shape-shifting baby;" and "Experiencing connection in the life beyond loss." These findings point to a tension between restorative meaning-making and detachment in maternal sense-making following stillbirth and have implications for clinicians working with bereaved mothers

Developmental psychology · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Meaning (existential · Meaning-making · Psychoanalysis · Psychology of self · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Psychology · Social Psychology