Esta dissertação tem como objetivo refletir sobre o luto do filho biológico, como aspecto importante subjacente às demandas por adoção, quando esta ocorre devido à infertilidade. Utilizaram-se para análise os depoimentos de mulheres registradas no livro Maternidade Interrompida. O livro é composto por 40 depoimentos de mulheres que vivenciaram a perda gestacional.Tem como organizadora Maria Manuela Ponte e foi publicado pela Associação Projecto Artémis. Verificou-se o luto presente na infertilidade e como, muitas vezes, não é vivenciado. Observou-se a importância de se estudar sobre esse momento de dor e perda, para que, se o casal resolver entrar no processo de adoção, seja bem sucedido.O trabalho foi pensado e estruturado com quatro capítulos. No primeiro capítulo, foi apresentado o relato de cada uma das mulheres estudadas. No segundo capítulo, refletimos sobre o desejo de ter um filho e os sentimentos experimentados pelo fato de não conseguir concluir a gestação e suas implicações. No terceiro capítulo, falou-se sobre o momento de luto vivenciado pelas mulheres estudadas e a visão de alguns autores sobre essa temática. O quarto e último apresenta as feridas narcísicas que surgem com a infertilidade e como se dá a restauração narcísica após a não concepção e como esse caminho, muitas vezes, pode levar à adoção. / This work aimed to reflect on the biological son mourning as important underlying aspect to demands for adoption, when this occurs due to infertility. Was used to analyze womens testimonies recorded in the book Motherhood Interrupted. The book consists of 40 statements from women who experienced pregnancy loss, is organizing Maria Manuela Bridge and this book published by the Association Project Artemis. There was mourning present in infertility and how often one is not experienced. Noted the importance of studying this time of grief and loss, so that if the couple settle into the adoption process to be successful. The work was conceived and structured with four chapters. In the first chapter was presented the story of each of the women studied. In the second chapter we reflect on the desire to have a child and the feelings experienced by not being fertile and its implications. In the third chapter was about the time of grief experienced by women studied and the view of some authors on the subject. The fourth and final presented to the narcissistic wounds that come with infertility and as of the narcissistic restoration after conception and not like the way can often lead to adoption.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:08:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ellen_fernanda_gomes_silva.pdf: 700030 bytes, checksum: 3c2c471bbb16fa66bf3657520388bf79 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-30 / The present research had the aim to understand the experience of infertile men. Specifically, it focused on masculinity and infertility interpretations, contextualizing them in contemporaneity; it also presented an existential phenomenological perspective as a possibility to thematize the body phenomenon as an expression of existence; as well as it described and understood the experience of infertile men who searched for the Assisted Human Reproduction service from the Institute of Integral Medicine of Pernambuco IMIP. This investigation is of qualitative nature, linked to the hermeneutic phenomenological perspective that privileges Gadamer s Philosophical Hermeneutic and Heideggerian ontological comprehensions. Narratives from collaborators and from the researcher s field journal were used in order to access such experience. Collaborators reports pointed to difficulties during the attempt for Assisted Reproduction methods, which led to uncomfortable experiences, as well as a lack of hope face to the services bureaucracy and slowness. The possibility of artificial procreation was revealed with certain awkwardness, with highlights to the over-valorization of biological parenthood. In such scenario, interlocutors narrated what they have lived regarding technical/medical procedures, unveiling, on one side, the utility of the technique for the parental project and, on the other side, the domain of scientific discourse, as well as the comprehension of men s bodies as raw material to be explored and improved. / A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo geral compreender a experiência de homens que vivenciam a infertilidade. E, especificamente, enfocou interpretações da masculinidade e infertilidade, contextualizando-as na contemporaneidade; apresentou a perspectiva fenomenológica existencial como possibilidade para tematizar o fenômeno do corpo enquanto expressão da existência; bem como descreveu e compreendeu a experiência de homens, na condição de inférteis, os quais procuram o serviço de Reprodução Humana Assistida do Instituto de Medicina Integral de Pernambuco IMIP. De natureza qualitativa, esta investigação está afinada à perspectiva fenomenológica hermenêutica, privilegiando a compreensão interpretativa fundada na Hermenêutica Filosófica de Gadamer, vinculada às compreensões ontológicas heideggerianas. Para acesso à experiência foi escolhida a narrativa, colhida tanto dos colaboradores, quanto dos registros feitos no diário de bordo da pesquisadora, a partir da sua inserção no lócus da pesquisa. Os relatos dos colaboradores apontaram para dificuldades vividas durante a tentativa de métodos de Reprodução Assistida, as quais levaram a experiências de desconforto, bem como de desesperança frente a burocracia e morosidade dos serviços. Aproximando-se desta via compreensiva, a possibilidade de procriação artificial foi revelada com certa estranheza, ressaltando a supervalorização da parentalidade biológica. Em tal cenário, os interlocutores narraram sua vivência frente aos procedimentos técnicos/médicos, desvelando de um lado a utilidade da técnica no projeto parental e, de outro, o seu domínio na hegemonia do discurso científico, bem como na compreensão do corpo masculino como matéria-prima a ser explorada e aperfeiçoada.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:08:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mariane_candida_lira_borba.pdf: 236281 bytes, checksum: 517a3734b3d58be0e99e5b031b92c613 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-12 / This work aimed to reflect on the biological son mourning as important underlying aspect to demands for adoption, when this occurs due to infertility. Was used to analyze women s testimonies recorded in the book Motherhood Interrupted . The book consists of 40 statements from women who experienced pregnancy loss, is organizing Maria Manuela Bridge and this book published by the Association Project Artemis. There was mourning present in infertility and how often one is not experienced. Noted the importance of studying this time of grief and loss, so that if the couple settle into the adoption process to be successful. The work was conceived and structured with four chapters. In the first chapter was presented the story of each of the women studied. In the second chapter we reflect on the desire to have a child and the feelings experienced by not being fertile and its implications. In the third chapter was about the time of grief experienced by women studied and the view of some authors on the subject. The fourth and final presented to the narcissistic wounds that come with infertility and as of the narcissistic restoration after conception and not like the way can often lead to adoption. / Esta dissertação tem como objetivo refletir sobre o luto do filho biológico, como aspecto importante subjacente às demandas por adoção, quando esta ocorre devido à infertilidade. Utilizaram-se para análise os depoimentos de mulheres registradas no livro Maternidade Interrompida. O livro é composto por 40 depoimentos de mulheres que vivenciaram a perda gestacional.Tem como organizadora Maria Manuela Ponte e foi publicado pela Associação Projecto Artémis. Verificou-se o luto presente na infertilidade e como, muitas vezes, não é vivenciado. Observou-se a importância de se estudar sobre esse momento de dor e perda, para que, se o casal resolver entrar no processo de adoção, seja bem sucedido.O trabalho foi pensado e estruturado com quatro capítulos. No primeiro capítulo, foi apresentado o relato de cada uma das mulheres estudadas. No segundo capítulo, refletimos sobre o desejo de ter um filho e os sentimentos experimentados pelo fato de não conseguir concluir a gestação e suas implicações. No terceiro capítulo, falou-se sobre o momento de luto vivenciado pelas mulheres estudadas e a visão de alguns autores sobre essa temática. O quarto e último apresenta as feridas narcísicas que surgem com a infertilidade e como se dá a restauração narcísica após a não concepção e como esse caminho, muitas vezes, pode levar à adoção.

The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the experience of infertility of African women, men and family member. It is hoped that this description will contribute to a deeper understanding of the psychosocial difficulties involved in the area of infertility and ofthe ways in which people respond to the situation of infertility. A qualitative research approach was used, and in particular social constructivist-interpretive research and feminist research approaches. The sample consisted of39 participants: 19 women, 10 men, and 10 family members faced with infertility. The research orientation was field-based, concerned with collecting data using the technique of in-depth semi-structured interviews. Each participant was interviewed individually. The interviews were recorded on tape, transcribed in their full length and translated into English. Data were analysed on the basis of the interpretive feminist approach. Analysis of individual cases and crosscase analysis were employed. The findings suggested a contextual definition of infertility, for example, for some, having had an ectopic pregnancy or a miscarriage meant that they did not fit into the definition of infertility. The findings revealed that for many African women and men, blood ties still defined the family and the persona. Thus, failure to have a blood child resulted in courtship and marital break up, extramarital relationships, polygamy, and divorce and remarriage. Infertility had serious psychosocial consequences for both the infertile individuals and their families. Participants experienced repeated periods of existential crisis, which began at different points for different participants. Analysis of gender differences indicated similarities in the experience of the crisis, but differences in terms of expression and ways of responding to the crisis. Family dynamics within the context of infertility were coloured by ambivalent feelings, resentment, insensitivity, and miscommunication, but also affection, and social support. Traditional and modern medical health systems offered the possibility of finding explanations and treatment, but there was further strain from the negative experiences with the health care system. The findings in this study suggested the need for policy reformulation, for psychosocial intervention as part of the treatment plan, and for future research on the outcome of using various coping strategies. / Psychology / D. Phil. (Psychology)

The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the experience of infertility of African women, men and family member. It is hoped that this description will contribute to a deeper understanding of the psychosocial difficulties involved in the area of infertility and ofthe ways in which people respond to the situation of infertility. A qualitative research approach was used, and in particular social constructivist-interpretive research and feminist research approaches. The sample consisted of39 participants: 19 women, 10 men, and 10 family members faced with infertility. The research orientation was field-based, concerned with collecting data using the technique of in-depth semi-structured interviews. Each participant was interviewed individually. The interviews were recorded on tape, transcribed in their full length and translated into English. Data were analysed on the basis of the interpretive feminist approach. Analysis of individual cases and crosscase analysis were employed. The findings suggested a contextual definition of infertility, for example, for some, having had an ectopic pregnancy or a miscarriage meant that they did not fit into the definition of infertility. The findings revealed that for many African women and men, blood ties still defined the family and the persona. Thus, failure to have a blood child resulted in courtship and marital break up, extramarital relationships, polygamy, and divorce and remarriage. Infertility had serious psychosocial consequences for both the infertile individuals and their families. Participants experienced repeated periods of existential crisis, which began at different points for different participants. Analysis of gender differences indicated similarities in the experience of the crisis, but differences in terms of expression and ways of responding to the crisis. Family dynamics within the context of infertility were coloured by ambivalent feelings, resentment, insensitivity, and miscommunication, but also affection, and social support. Traditional and modern medical health systems offered the possibility of finding explanations and treatment, but there was further strain from the negative experiences with the health care system. The findings in this study suggested the need for policy reformulation, for psychosocial intervention as part of the treatment plan, and for future research on the outcome of using various coping strategies. / Psychology / D. Phil. (Psychology)