One of our readers wrote to inform us about a seminar coming up October 6-7 at the U of M Conference Center. ” Journey Into Life: What Babies Want Us to Know.”  I had never heard of peri-natal psychology until I read a description of the event.

It reminded me of a friend’s discussion with her 7 year old son’s pediatrician concerning some behavioral issues he was having. The doctor inquired if he had a traumatic birth.  As a matter of fact, yes, he was born via emergency c-section, the cord was wrapped around his neck along with some other complications.  She said that experience couild be a factor in the issues he was currently having. I had never considered that how you came into this world would have any repercussions down the road.

I’m still not sure about how I feel about that. I know it states the examples given are generalizations, but I hope my baby doesn’t use drugs as a solution to stress because I chose to have an epidural. This school of thought is new to me. I am intrigued yet skeptical. 

I’ll turn this over to you all to discuss, if anyone can offer further insights or examples, please do. Or if you  disagree let us know.

This entry was posted on Friday, September 29th, 2006 at 10:44 am and is filed under Health, Main, Things to Do. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.