“we believe that the benefit you will get from knowing the status
of your child, healthy or ill, is a real one, because it will allow you
to project yourselves into this pregnancy. Something that you are having
trouble doing.”
This form of benevolent directiveness shows the woman that her distress
and needs have been taken seriously. By looking together at the
available possibilities, the woman and the practitioner engage in
pragmatic reflexivity and create the conditions for reaching a decision
together.