Kurs 4 - Geburt Phase 4 - Restitutional Cranium und die ersten 48 Stunden nach der Geburt

In dieser Phase, in der es vor allem um Zärtlichkeit, Empathie und Bindung gehen müsste, machen die Babys häufig unangenehme Erfahrungen wie frühzeitige Durchtrennung der Nabelschnur, Nadelstiche, Augen-Gel, Absaugrohre, medizinische Untersuchungen, die oft eine sofortige Trennung von der Mutter nach sich ziehen. Eine narkotisierte Mutter ist für das Baby emotional nicht anwesend. Das Bonding, das durch diese Interventionen gestört wird, seine Einflüsse auf der Stillen und die weitere Mutter-Kind-Bindung werden erläutert.

Class 4
Stage 4 of Birth:  Restitutional Cranium

As if the radical change in environment and biologic function is not impressive enough, we are usually met with all kinds of painful interventions in the moments immediately after we are born.

This class describes how we move from a uterine-dwelling prenate to a neonate suddenly needing to breath, eat and defecate on our own in a louder, brighter, dryer, tactfully more stimulating world. During this stage, which ought to be primarily about tenderness, empathy and bonding, babies are often met with needle stabs, invasive suction tubes, jelly smeared into the eyes, rough handling and scrubbing, premature cutting of the cord, weighing, measuring, probing physical evaluations, and unfortunately, isolation form the parents.

As one can imagine, when the bonding stage is invaded by institutional brutality it can deeply affect the baby's basic orientation toward contact, intimacy, trust, and self-esteem. Stage 4 impacts are usually mitigated and reduced by natural or home births, but still exist. Stage 4 impacts can last for days or weeks in intensive care units or plastic tubs in the case of premature babies or babies who have had physical damage (sometimes caused by the medical interventions themselves). All of these impacts have been shown to have psychological consequences that can last a lifetime, or until they are recognized and resolved.

In this class the physical impacts to the baby are described, and then the psychological consequences are delineated. Individual research regressions are undertaken to determine one's own impacts and resultant behavior patterns, then repatterning regressions are done.