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Abstract
Women have an essential role in the development of psychoanalysis. From Sigmund Freud to now, they became one of the concepts in which many psychoanalysts are interested. In this research, the aim is to have a depth understanding about how women experience their femininity and maternity via separation process. With this aim, 4 women who are married, and have a child who has separation problem while starting to kindergarten or preschool participated in this research. Semi-structured interviews were done with the women, and their child was observed though one session of play theray. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was conducted to analyze the interviews. Based on this analysis, 7 themes emerged as thoughts about breastfeeding, possessive of baby, feelings about having a baby, inefficacy of father, attributions to motherhood, deadly bond with the mother and the child, reflecting owns worries to the child during separation. These themes have been discussed based on Freudian and Lacanian Psychoanalytic perspective.