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The author presents a detailed analysis of the series of narcissistic defences marshalled in a subsequent pregnancy by a woman of hysterical character who had become acutely disturbed towards the end of her previous pregnancy. The narcissistic cathexis of her body image was a defence against the urge to allow her body to be completely consumed in maternal surrender, and against other oral-sadistic and masochistic anxieties which the analysis was able to resolve.