Midwives and Health Professionals

Articles Aware Parenting Babies and Children Spiritual Midwife Spiritual Parenting October 14, 2022November 11, 2022 by Marianne Littlejohn

Infant Mental Health for Midwives and Health Professionals

Medical and health professionals need to be able to support good infant mental health and recognise problems

Women need to prepare for natural birth in every aspect of their lives, including the spiritual, emotional, mental and physical areas of their being. A woman deserves the right to choose her companions as well as where and how she will give birth to her child.

Pregnancy and birth are normal life events for most women. To this end, interventions should be kept to a minimum wherever possible. A baby who is born gently and welcomed by warm, caring parents receives the best possible start in life.

Women who are well prepared in their minds, bodies and spirits can experience birth as a profoundly moving and empowering event.