HAPTONOMIC ANTE- AND POSTNATAL 
ACCOMPANIMENT OF PARENTS AND CHILD
What does this accompaniment include?
What does this accompaniment
include?
The haptonomic ante- and postnatal care
is centred on accompanying the mother, the father and the
baby before birth in order to establish a natural and
affective relationship between them. It encourages the
bonds of parenthood to form and the welcoming of the baby.
Because of a loving contact between the mother and the
father, it gives the baby space to react in its own way,
spontaneously. Parents can learn and develop feelings for
the baby’s individual character, its rhythm, its
temperament.
The accompanying develops the well being of the mother,
the baby and the father and prepares each for the
experience of birth.
As an expectant mother you will also
learn how you can carry the baby comfortably during
pregnancy.
You’ll learn to control your pelvis and your pelvic floor.
The expectant father will have an active part in this,
during pregnancy and during the delivery.
No-one can promise a painless delivery, but you will learn be taught how to cope with the pain and how you can control it instead of it controlling you. You will also learn how you can welcome the baby immediately after birth.
After birth you will be invited to come back with your baby to talk about your experience of the delivery.
In the way you touch and carry your baby, you will learn how you can help it towards self-fulfilment and how you can continue the affective relationship you built together during pregnancy.
There is also provision for a home
visit to assist the change from a ‘partner’ relationship
to a ‘family’ relationship. Points covered would be how to
find a new rhythm, how the recovery from the
delivery is progressing, how the family is adapting to the
new birth.
You can also learn how to give your baby a massage.
If
its necessary, pregnancy-related pelvic pain can be
treated. For more information about this subject, please
refer to
www.rosttherapy.com.
If you would welcome a relaxing massage
during pregnancy or after birth, it’s also possible.
If the baby is in breach position before birth, it can
gently be encouraged to turn itself by the use of gentle,
non-invasive moxatherapy massage.