Some dyads (mother-infant pair) start their breastfeeding relationship in harsh circumstances. Frequently, due to medicalized births and unfavorable hospital routines, there are so many interferences to initiate breastfeeding that by the time mother and baby arrive home they are already using bottles and formula – despite mother having desired to exclusively breastfeed. These mothers often…
What baby expects after birth is to breastfeed, at mother´s breast. So if a mother is going to bottlefeed, it should feel to the baby as much as breastfeeding as possible. In modern western culture, there is no substitute for a breastfeeding mother [1]. But anyone can feed the baby with a bottle. There are…
Interview with Olga Gouni, director of Cosmoanelixis. psychotherapist and researcher specialized in Prenatal Psychology. Professor at the University of Kapodistrian, Greece; editor of the magazine: The International Journal of Prenatal & Life Sciences; author of the books “100 years of Prenatal Psychology” and “Stories from Embryoland”, among others. Olga holds a masterclass on 25th and…
[Foto: Olga Gouni (left) and Ibone Olza, CEO of EIPMH, during the course of Prenatal Psychology in Madrid] At what point does the construction of the human psyche begin? What memory or footprint leaves us what we experience in our mothers uterus? How does childbirth affect psychological development? Is it possible to heal traumas…
