Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 14, Issue 4, August 2000, Pages 731-747
Regular ArticlePrenatal diagnosis of fetal abnormality: psychological effects on women in low-risk pregnancies
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2018, Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal MedicineCitation Excerpt :Receiving a prenatal diagnosis is often experienced as unexpected and shocking [5–10], regardless of the pregnancy gestation, length of time involved and perceived severity of the anomaly [11,12]. Parents frequently experience acute grief responses and strong emotions of guilt, anger, and loss [8,13–15]. In addition to these acute responses, prenatal diagnosis may trigger a shift over time from ‘hope’ to ‘despair’ [16] and a change in parental status and expectations, described as a ‘new life trajectory’ [6,9].
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