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April 2024
Three years after losing her first baby, the singer Lily Allen , he goes through the same pain again with his current partner, the decorator Sam Cooper, after losing his second child after 6 months of gestation.
At the end of last year Lily talked about her feelings after his first abortion , admitting that she had gone through "the worst moment" in her life, since in addition to losing her baby she had to suppress many of her emotions. "I'm still sad, I'm still thinking about it, I'm not focusing on what my baby's birth would have been, but it's always there and it changed a lot."
But, speaking of emotional health, regardless of the show, what happens with the feelings of mother and father ?, What happens in the couple in similar situations?
The electronic magazine Psychology Cientifica.com explains the post-abortion syndrome (SPA) as the syndrome resulting from abortion, which affects both the mother and the father.
Abortion destroys the natural bond between parents and children, leaving both with a sense of emptiness, which hinders the couple's relationship .
The creators of the article, Christian Enrique Schnake Ferrer (psychologist) and Verónica Bennett (from the University of Santiago, Chile), explain that this syndrome can be suffered by anyone, both men and women, children and the elderly who have lost a baby due to a abortion, or have been found close to this situation.
According to the experts, the duel for SPA includes psychological and somatic manifestations, such as:
Somatic manifestations : anorexia and weight loss, bulimia, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and feeling of emptiness, palpitations, feeling of chest pressure, headaches, tics (Brisaud's disease) and loss of strength.
Psychological manifestations: guilt and sadness, anger and hostility, despair and pessimism, day and night daydreams, nightmares and nostalgia, decreased sexual desire, crying, insomnia and hypersomnia, loss of concentration and motivation; and promiscuity (according to Dr. Pablo Verdier, this symptom occurs mostly in women under 29 years of age).
During the article, 2 problems are mentioned that make the process of facing abortion difficult.
When trying to mitigate the pain of the couple who has experienced the abortion, with advice or words of comfort can be used words that erroneously deny the feelings of parents as:
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