“…Conversely, Consonni and Petean (2013) argue that the sensation of loss and pain may be heightened in the former case, due to a sense of unreality; the relationship is not based on experiences or memories shared with a real being, but on the images, fantasies and expectations that the mother created in her mind before physical contact could be established. In this view, the loss of the foetus, like that of a child, is not culturally accepted because it alters the natural order of live (Burden et al, 2016;Consonni & Petean, 2013;Lindgren, Malm, & Rådestad, 2013). Moreover, the absence of a subject to mourn, in conjunction with the suddenness of the event, with life and death coinciding (the foetus dies without being born), further complicates the process of emotional adaptation after the loss (Jones, Baird, & Fenwick, 2017).…”