An extract from “gentle birth gentle mothering” by Sarah J. Buckley MD.
When birth is undisturbed, our birthing hormones can take us into ecstasy, so that we enter motherhood awakened and transformed.
This is not just a good feeling; the post birth hormones that suffuse the brain of a new mother and her baby also catalyse profound neurological changes.
These changes give the new mother personal empowerment, physical strength, and an intuitive sense of her baby’s needs, and they pre...
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