[From the cultural cradle to the empty cradle, accompanying perinatal mourning]

In all societies, births and deaths are important moments that call upon the intimate and collective representations of each person. When death occurs during the perinatal period, bereaved couples may feel the need to refer to the cultural representations they have internalized, and thus re-affiliate themselves with a group to which they belong, likely to accompany them in making sense of what they have experienced. A clinical situation allows us to understand the psychological support of couples from elsewhere who are confronted with perinatal mourning.