TITLE:
Pregnancy and Loneliness: The Therapeutic Value of 3D/4D Ultrasound
AUTHORS:
Ulrich Honemeyer, Asim Kurjak
KEYWORDS:
3D/4D Ultrasound, Bonding, Maternal-Fetal Attachment, Frozen Mother, Fetal Akinesia-Deformation Sequence
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.5 No.7,
May
26,
2014
ABSTRACT: The fetal
sensual and motoric equipment and its successful development within the
maternal organism on the one hand, and the harmonic psycho-physic
transformation and maturation of the woman into a mother on the other hand, are
linked in dialectic inter-dependence. We describe situations in which the
harmony of this process is disturbed. Visualization of the fetus in 3D and real
time 3D (4D) can influence parental phantasies of the unborn, improve
compromised bonding, or create bonding between fetus and (foster)-parents, and
support understanding and even acceptance of fetal pathology.