Luto materno: a atuação do psicólogo hospitalar diante do processo de perda gestacional

Abstract

Pregnancy involves a psychic reorganization to build the mother-baby bond, and the sudden interruption of this process requires specific elaboration work. This study aimed to investigate the psychologist's role in supporting the grief of women who lose their children during the perinatal period, describe the psychological assistance network for pregnant women's health and its implications, and analyze the humanization policy in obstetrics, considering the birth planning and assistance, and their repercussions on perinatal grief. Dealing with fetal death affects everyone involved, including family members and healthcare professionals. A mother's mourning is a long process, and in the case of perinatal mourning, it can be even longer, because according to psychoanalytic references, the mother will only have fantasies and dreams about what she would like to have experienced with her child, which have been interrupted. for the loss. Thus, the present study consisted of a narrative bibliographical review, with the main result being the ratification that the hospital psychologist is necessary in providing this grieving woman-mother with a space to listen, express and understand her feelings and their pain felt, so that they can elaborate and give new meaning to the mourning for their lost child.