Mom ... the love that is forever

Motherhood happens in different ways for every woman; for some from planning and / or discovering pregnancy, for others when entering an adoption process, or starting an assisted fertilization process ... or so many other ways to assume this role of being a mother. Becoming a mother is a complex process that is part of a woman's psycho-affective development and for which a woman is not usually fully prepared in advance. It is taking on a role that many dream and others will never want. It is affection, affection, care, but it is also a meeting of mixed emotions such as joy, fear, anguish and a good "pinch" of guilt. For these and other reasons losing a child is reported by many mothers as "the greatest pain in the world." Mothers who lose a child may wonder if they are still a mother. Death represents the breaking of a bond, which causes both physical and mental pain. It is the beginning of another process, that of mourning, which has no end date, has no right and wrong, is personalized and lived by each one differently. But the loss of a child, not only as a result of death, does not deprive the Mother being, because this relationship is maintained emotionally in many ways and forever.

Maríndia Quadros / Mariana Zanatta - psychologists, members of CORA - CEFI LUTO Specialized Center