Jahrbuch der Psychoanalyse

The traditional way of conceiving a child – in the intimacy of a sexual relationship – has existed for more than 2000 years, whereas the method made possible by medical technological intervention is only four decades old. In the case of...

This work seeks to highlight the centrality of the maternal body and bodily pleasure at the moment of birth (and in caring for the child) in the formation of the mother-child relationship and the development of maternal competence. The vulnerability...