title: [The Meaning That Families Place on the Suicide of Pregnant Mothers in Antioquia, 2010-2011].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the meaning that the families of two pregnant women from Antioquia placed on their suicide in 2010-2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative research using the phenomenological and hermeneutical approach, specifically a case study analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The category named "family task: weaving a history that helps them to understand" emerged in both families. Two trends were found in the family of Bella: "tragedy, tensions and scenarios" and "fluctuations: between fear-guilt and relief." The family of Consentida showed three trends: "trapped with no escape", "suicide and orphanhood: the understanding of Juanita" and "death is death."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For both families, the fact that the women were pregnant had an important effect on the event of voluntary death. The construction of meaning that took place in both families followed two paths: differentiation and death itself; both can be resilient ways of coping with such a tragedy.
authors.affiliation: Médica General y Especialista en Terapia Familiar, Magíster en Educación y Desarrollo Humano, Coordinadora de la Maestría en Terapia Familiar y de Pareja, Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. Electronic address: mbuilescorrea@gmail.com.
authors.forename: María Victoria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Builes Correa
authors.affiliation: Psicóloga, Especialista en Terapia Familiar, Universidad de Antioquia, Investigadora del convenio Colciencias-Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: Alexandra María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ramírez Zapata
authors.affiliation: Médica General y Especialista en Terapia Familiar, Terapeuta privada, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: Beatriz Elena
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Arango Arbeláez
authors.affiliation: Psicóloga, Especialista en Terapia Familiar, Terapeuta privada, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Anderson Gómez
keywords: Embarazo; Familia; Family; Pregnancy; Suicide; Suicidio