The fetus
None of the participants experienced the questions in the questionnaire about the
fetus objectionable but a few thought it was strange that the questions were asked.
Several women said that thoughts about the fetus were already in their mind
before they got the questions. They used the Internet to get information about the
fetus. On the other hand a few women preferred not to think about the fetus at all
or think about it as a clot of blood. Not knowing the exact time of the fetal death
was difficult for some women to come to terms with. Women undergoing the
abortion because of unintended pregnancy also sometimes wondered if their fetus
was healthy with no malformation.