Prenatal development and parents' lived experiences : how early events shape our psychophysiology and relationships /
Weinstein, Ann Diamond,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prenatal and birth experiences influence postnatal development, lifelong response patterns and interpersonal relationships -- Overview of multidisciplinary support for prenatal and perinatal psychology -- How prenatal experience is stored and influences the prenatal environment and prepares the human organism for life outside the womb -- Females' perceptions influence the environment in which their prenates develop -- Cumulative life experiences influence females' hormonal physiology and reproductive processes during the preconception, prenatal and early parenting period -- Prenatal development of the sensory system : the capacity of the embryo/fetus to perceive, experience and interact with its environment -- Prenatal autonomic nervous system development -- Epigenetics : the impact of the prenatal environment on the expression of -- Preconception and prenatal maternal traumatic stress : impacts on experiences of conception, pregnancy, birth and parenting -- Layers of loss unnamed and unprocessed contribute to the burden of unresolved grief -- Impacts of assisted reproductive technologies on women's experiences of conception, pregnancy, birth and early parenting -- Implications and opportunities for practice, training and policy.
Child development.
Prenatal influences
Maternal-fetal exchange
Pregnancy