Dr, Autonomy and Life Rehabilitation Center, Falconara, Italy
Dr. Francesca Rosati is the Ph.D. Scholar Autonomy and Life Rehabilitation Center, Falconara, Italy. Author has overseen multiple clinical research projects in field of Rehabilitation and Midwifery.
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The Experience of a Mother in the Situation of a Preterm Birth
Author(s): Francesca Rosati*, Enrico Gasparrini and Maria Teresa Gaetti
It is a work that explores the world that is created in a family, for the mother in particular, when, instead of the
expected natural childbirth, the preterm birth of a child takes place. An event that is often experienced as
disappointing and dramatic. This maternal experience, in most cases, is configured as a period of crisis, limited in
time, characterized by a certain mental and behavioral imbalance. Faced with a birth of a premature child, the
woman mostly becomes a fragile mother, disoriented and particularly vulnerable, dominated by anxiety of death and
feelings of guilt. A great contribution to the overcoming of this agonizing and painful experience of the woman, who
gives birth to a child before the end of the gestational age, is given by the humanization processes that are applied in
the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Units, which, beyond the stab.. View more»