5. How a Mother's Brain Changes During Matrescence with Dr. Rocio Zunini
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This one is for mother's AND for all those who care for mothers: birthworkers, doulas, therapists, doctors, and midwives.
Here I share a conversation I had with Dr. Rocio Zunini, brain scientist and founder of newbornparents.net
Learn about the major changes a mother's brain goes through during Matrescence: the transformational journey a women goes through in becoming a mother.
And why it is important to understand these changes to support a mother to bond with her baby, develop empathy and connection, and cultivate health and wellness.
In this episode we chat about:
- the brain changes that happen in pregnacy and after birth
- how a mother's brain changes are similiar to an adolsecent
- mom or baby brain / memory changes
- the parental caregiving network in the brain
- importance of oxytocin in the golden hour after birth
- importance of skin to skin time after birth
- how a women's intuition increases when they become a mother
- ways to support the parental brain changes
- being aware of how vunerable and impressionable mothers are postpartum
- the increase in brain plasticity and capacity for learning during matrescence
- why it's important to filter what visitors, books, advice, etc mothers allow into thier space durign the postpartum
- how a baby borrows the nervous system of their mother / primary caregiver during the first 3 years of life
- why its important that mother's and primary caregivers have people to co-regulate with
Learn more from Dr. Rocio Zunini on her website - newbornparents.net
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