Question

What is pre and perinatal psychology?

What is trauma?

How can we as lactation professionals support normal psychoemotional development and prevent trauma?

What is the sequence of normal motor development?

How do reflexes impact breastfeeding?

How does motor delay impact breastfeeding?

How do sensory integration issues impact breastfeeding?

Answer 1

1)The pre and perinatal psycholosy: prenatal is before birth and perinatal is during and immediately after birth,and it is interdisciplinary study of the foundations of health in body. mind, emotions and in enduring response patterns of life and pre and perinatal psychology explores the psycholovical and psychophysiological effects and implication of the earliest experiences of the individual before birth, as well as during and immediately after childbirth. when a mother experiences differnet kind of changes during pregnancy and after delivery never seen in her life both physiological and psychological so these will effect the pre and perinatal psychology. 2)Trauma : it is an emotional response to terrible event like an accident, rape, abuse, natural disaster, immediately after the events, shock, and denial, long term reactions like unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationship and even physical relationships. 3) Lactating mother faces lot of challenges, mostly first time mothers because till then they have undergone pre and perinatal changes and now lactation is other challeging because for some days the baby suckling will be not so efficient and many other emotional and physical challenges and other trauma in this situation some one who can help the mother should be there then the laactation professional will help the newly mothers by providing vital support for women who hope to breastfeed exclusively, but may have to stop due to low milk production, so the lactation professional always encouage and support the moms, to give the infants the breast milk, and they also take away the fears and frustrations from the moms. 4)Motor development is the development of child bones, muscles and ability to move around and manipulate his or her environment, the sequences are a) from birth to 6 months: reaching for objects, rolls from front to back, holds head up when onstomach, b) 6 to 12 months: sits up, creeps and crawls, c) 12 to 18 month: begin to walk, climd atairs, throw objects, d) 18 to 24 months: begins to run, shows hand preference, hold spoon, feeds self, e) 24 to 36 months: jumps, kicks, control over bladder, walks up and down stairs, f) 3 to 4 yrs: masters running, walk up stairs, hold pencils between thums and 2 finger. g) 4 to 5 years: can dress self, gallops, h) 5 to 6 years: small buttons, plays ball game etc, i)6to 7 years: skip , ride a bike etc, j) 8 years and up : skips freely, write individual letters.