Death of the Spouse During Pregnancy Giving the Bad News and the Management

Authors

  • Emre Karaşahin Selcuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Konya
  • İbrahim Alanbay Selcuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Konya
  • Mutlu Ercan Selcuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Konya
  • İskender Başer Selcuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Konya

Keywords:

Obstetrics, Grief, Antidepressive Agents, Attitude to Death, Bereavement, Hospice Care

Abstract

Pregnancy is a vulnerable time for receiving bad news. Death may occur anytime, and some women will experience this during their pregnancy. In our practice we have seen the dispair of the pregnant women after the unexpected death of the spouse. The pregnant women in most cultures are accepted and treated as more vulnerable individuals. Some believe that the sudden emotional changes may influence the course of the pregnancy. Immediate adverse outcome to a pregnancy after hearing the bad news has not been mentioned on the literature. There seems to be no scientific evidence of doing a pregnancy check up on a normally progressing pregnancy before giving the bad news, as well as no acute measures
to be taken to avoid an adverse outcome. We reviewed the unexpected death of the loved one during pregnancy, giving the bad news, understanding the needs and expectations of the pregnant women, and about the ways of professional help to ease the pain

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2010-04-10

How to Cite

1.
Karaşahin E, Alanbay İbrahim, Ercan M, Başer İskender. Death of the Spouse During Pregnancy Giving the Bad News and the Management. Gynecol Obstet Reprod Med [Internet]. 2010Apr.10 [cited 2024Dec.22];16(1):26-31. Available from: https://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/331

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Obstetrics; Maternal Fetal Medicine and Perinatology

License

CC BY

All the articles published in GORM are licensed with "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY 4.0)". This license entitles all parties to copy, share and redistribute all the articles, data sets, figures and supplementary files published in this journal in data mining, search engines, web sites, blogs and other digital platforms under the condition of providing references.