In the Primal Pages web site, which is about primal psychotherapy, Leah McGoy wrote an article called "An imprint for life", which is all about prenatal trauma. The example she used was a little womb twin survivor who came to her for therapy - but no one had realised until then what the problem was with him:
When a twin dies before birth, the sole survivor needs help and understanding. Womb twin survivors are the sole survivors of a twin or multiple pregnancy. This group, 1 in 10 of the population, includes survivors of a stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion and a "vanishing twin" pregnancy. It is a story of a twin bond broken by death, leaving a lonely survivor.
Showing posts with label pre and perinatal psychology and health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pre and perinatal psychology and health. Show all posts
Monday, October 10, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
DZ womb twin survivors - preoccupation with pregnancy and birth
DZ womb twin survivors of both sexes seem
to be preoccupied with pregnancy and birth and also have strong feelings
about it. This includes pregnancy and birth issues, miscarriage,
abortion, stillbirth, neonatal death, infant death and the death of a
child of any age. If a DZ womb twin survivor finds out that he or she
will never have a child, this becomes a particular focus for grief and loss. This appears to be a simple transference of the feelings of loss
of the womb twin onto another baby.
The current president of the Association of Pre and Perinatal Psychology and health is a womb twin survivor, and many of the pregnancy and birth experts who I have had contact with during the last eight years of this project have also been womb twin survivors. I would go so far as to say that, if someone is very interested in life before birth, there is something going on in their minds about their own pre-birth experience.
My own preoccupation with the unborn, which started in 1977 and still continues, may be a good example of this (I am a DZ womb twin survivor.)
The current president of the Association of Pre and Perinatal Psychology and health is a womb twin survivor, and many of the pregnancy and birth experts who I have had contact with during the last eight years of this project have also been womb twin survivors. I would go so far as to say that, if someone is very interested in life before birth, there is something going on in their minds about their own pre-birth experience.
My own preoccupation with the unborn, which started in 1977 and still continues, may be a good example of this (I am a DZ womb twin survivor.)
Monday, June 06, 2011
Another day, another article....
Today saw the publication of the Journal of the Association for The Association for Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology and Health. Mainly concerned with childbirth issues, this organisation discusses the long term effects on the adult of a variety of both prebirth and perinatal events. The Journal is a particular delight to me, because so far they have published two articles by me - one on the possible prebirth origins of morbid obesity and the second out today, about the stress on a mother who has lost a twin in pregnancy and how her loss is usually unacknowledged:
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