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Supporting Optimal Fetal
Development
The history of man for the nine months
preceding his birth would, probably, be far
more interesting and contain events of
greater moment than for all the three score
and ten years that follow it.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Stress primes the offspring us to expect this
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At peak 250,000 brain cells are being produced every
minute during the prenatal period
The importance of the womb
environment for proper
development of brain function,
immune function, mental and
behavioral health can be even
more important than genetics.
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http://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/10/incarceration.aspx
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But what?
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Use the lowest dose necessary to provide
the desired effect
Sometimes that dose is NONE
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Current levels of uncertainty about long-
term impacts suggest we:
Develop research priorities
Avoid unneeded interventions
Interventions should be based on
what we already know about normal
reproductive hormonal physiology
and epigenetics
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A non-pharmacologic approach which
supports the normal reproductive
hormonal physiology and theory of
positive epigenetic changes
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Increased activity in
left frontal and
limbic
Increased theta and
alpha frequencies
Shifts brain from
sympathetic to
parasympathetic
activity
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Increased concentration, improved
self-control and better emotional
balance.
Increased positive mood, emotional
stability and resilience.
More mature coping strategies and
tolerance of common stressors.
These effects are passed to fetus with maternal practice
and don’t forget the long term generational effects through
epigenetic programming!
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Helps build flexibility
and strength needed
for birth
Emphasis is on
breath and deliberate
relaxation
Can be modified
easily for high risk
pregnancies
“Yoga works not because poses are relaxing but
because they are stressful . . . It‘s the practice of
remaining calm during the stress that creates the
neurobiological benefit”
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PEACE AND HAPPINESS STRESS AND DISEASE
What can you do in your current
practice to change the trajectory of
our dismal truths?
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During pregnancy, birth and postpartum
period
To provide optimal brain development for
a peaceful future
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