One of the first questions I ask my clients: “How is your baby?” We now understand that the baby is imprinting the whole pregnancy experience and though s/he may not be fully conscious for a few months, I encourage you to talk to your baby and start acting like parents from conception. Wait […]
Great article on the AAMET website! I love how she was persistent and kept exploring the many aspects of her daughter’s birth trauma… I’ve been a bit distracted with our new doggie Niko–you can see how much fun he is! I’ll be back to blogging this week…
(This blog post is addressing the baby’s perspective) What comes to mind when you think of birth trauma? Perhaps you think of babies with cerebral palsy from oxygen deprivation. Maybe you think of a dislocated shoulder due to forcible removal in the case of shoulder dystocia. Or perhaps just forcep marks that take weeks […]
In my latest hiatus from blogging, I’ve been dealing with some recurring mild depression–something I’ve had all my life, but since it’s never been debilitating and I’ve never been diagnosed or medicated for it, it’s been easy to ignore–attribute to the gray skies here in the Pacific NW, or in other ways rationalize it away. […]
I was fortunate to attend two of Dr. Sarah Buckley‘s sessions at the conference. The first I attended: “When Birth Goes Wrong–the Hormonal Impact of Interventions” deepened my understanding of the what happens physiologically with many common interventions. But my biggest learning was truly “getting” the three key requirements that contribute to an Unhindered Birth: […]
I’m still sifting through my experiences and learnings, but I thought I’d better share the big ones before I get too busy with work (and my needy garden!) Here’s the first of many… Karen Strange talked about the importance of sequences in newborn brain development and how brain function can be damaged if these […]