“…Weak prenatal attachment is associated with problems such as feeling discomfort about the fetus, fetal abuse, negative effects on the organization of the right side of children's brains, poor emotional and mental development, refusing to go to school, aggressive and hostile behaviors in childhood, tendencies toward behavioral disorders in adolescence, drug dependence in adulthood, anxiety, depression, mood disorders and child abuse (Brandon, Pitts, Denton, & Stringer, 2009;Petri et al, 2018;Salehi & Kohan, 2017). Studies reported that mothers with weak attachment used alcohol and nicotine more, had higher levels of anxiety, had higher levels of risk for damaging the fetus, had increased levels of postpartum anxiety and depression (Akarsu and Rathfish, 2017;Göbela et al, 2018). Weak prenatal attachment also leads to problems such as feeding disorders, growth and developmental deficiencies, restlessness, crying and sleep disorders (Hopkins et al, 2018;HöbekAkarsu et al, 2017) The Prenatal Attachment Inventory (Müller & Mercer, 1993) and the Prenatal Attachment Inventory-Revised (PAI-R, 2014 revised version of the PAI by Pallant et al) is one of the most commonly used scales (Göbela et al, 2018;Karakulak Aydemir & Alparslan, 2016;Malm, Hildingsson, Rubertsson, Ra destad, & Lindgren, 2016;Pallant, Heins, Hildingsson, Cross, & Rubertsson, 2014;Van den Bergh & Simons, 2009;Kavlak & Sirin, 2009;Taylor, Atkins, Kumar, Adams, & Glover, 2005).…”