 According to Sharaf , 1934 – 1937 was the happiest period of Reich 's personal life , despite the professional problems . His relationship with Elsa Lindenberg was good and he considered marrying her . When she became pregnant in 1935 , they were initially overjoyed , buying clothes and furniture for the child , but doubts developed for Reich , who saw the future as too unsettled . To Lindenberg 's great distress , Sharaf writes , Reich insisted on an abortion , at that time illegal . They went to Berlin , where the psychoanalyst Edith Jacobson helped to arrange it . 
