The authors from a research work conducted for 4 years on maternal representations through the dreamlike productions and ultrasound images, question the notions of image and maternal representations, and reshape the concepts commonly used in pregnancy including the cultural dimension. They propose to include dream productions to reflect the processes involved.
Our objective is to study the maternal representations through the dreamlike productions and the ultrasound images in one intercultural perspective: a group of African woman is compared with a group of French woman by using psychological test (IRMAG and Rorschach), story to be completed and of collection of dreams and dreamlike.
The ultrasound images of the foetus are recognized as inductive of fantasies. We present a clinical case of a migrant woman, which illustrates the difference of formation of the maternal representations between the migrant population and the French population. The migrant women use their dreams for the knowledge and the representation of their child.