M. Soulé, with L. Gourand, S. Missonnier and M.-José Soubieux
Ultrasound Testing during Pregnancy and its Implications
Cases
(videotape n°4)
Four testimonies of parents illustrate the relational aspects of obstetrical ultrasound.
Announcement of a malformation of the heart of the foetus and the care taken in a center of reference.
A sign of appeal to ultrasound testing leads to a whole series of misunderstandings and events that are
going to disturb the course of pregnancy and delivery; How to repair ?
Parents confronted to a first neurologically affected child and facing a second pregnancy during which a
caryotype is required after a sign of appeal.
The father of a trisomic expresses his incomprehension of the failure of an antenatal diagnosis despite
an irreproachable medical monitoring. The next pregnancy reactivates such an anxiety that it generates identity
confusions between the two children in the father's discourse.
