Just as situations of stress or maternal depression have negative effects on the unborn child, communicate with the baby in pregnancy It is very beneficial for your emotional development.
Until recently, not much was known about the prenatal stage, but now we know that life before birth is decisive for the future. The experiences and sensations that the baby lives inside the womb will be essential for the formation of his personality.
The person that is being developed is a sensitive being, with a great capacity to process the stimuli that come from outside. You can listen to your parents' voice, music and feel the caresses.
Being connected to the baby, feeling it and talking to it helps to create an early emotional bond with the unborn child, even before seeing the little face. In addition, connecting with the baby allows the mother to enjoy her pregnancy more fully.
There are several ways to communicate with the baby in pregnancy, for example:
Talk to the unborn baby
His mother's voice is the most intense stimulus he receives from abroad. Although during the first trimester your hearing system is not complete to perceive sounds, however it is advisable to start talking to you from the beginning of pregnancy. It is a way of affirming his presence and showing him how happy he makes you have it within you.
Around the fourth month of pregnancy he is able to hear the sounds, the voice of dad and especially that of mom because he hears it more frequently but also because he has a preference for high-pitched sounds. Later, he is even able to distinguish his mother's voice among other voices, by his intonation and rhythm.
How to speak to him?
Look for moments of tranquility, preferably at a specific time of day, for example at night. Relax with your partner after dinner (after meals the baby is usually more active and receptive), find a quiet place with background music if you prefer, visualize your baby inside you and tell him what comes up.
You have to use spontaneous phrases, it has to be a natural communication, use a soft and direct tone, and tell him sweet and beautiful things (how much you love him, what you are preparing for his arrival, etc.). You can also sing or tell stories, even if you do not understand them, you will enjoy the cadence of the voice when telling.
Talking to the baby before birth will cause once he is born, when he hears his mother's voice, he remembers the safety he felt inside the womb.
Is a way simple and effective to communicate with the baby that both you and your partner, and especially the child himself, will enjoy.
Haptonomy
Haptonomy is the so-called science of affectivity or science of touch. It comes from the conjunction of the classical Greek terms "hapsis" that designates touch, meaning, feeling, and "nomos" that designates the law, the rule, the norm.
It consists of establishing a interaction with the baby through tactile contact and breathing. By touching the belly, performing movements, gentle pressures, massages, walking with the fingers and taking deep breaths, you can communicate with the baby.
It is recommended to start from when your movements begin to feel. At this point you can already get an idea of the position of the baby inside the belly and notice how it reacts to your stimuli.
How is haptonomy practiced?
They are courses that are conducted individually (as a couple) guided by a professional who then continue to practice at home. It consists, basically, first in locating the position of the baby inside the uterus to feel it with your hands, make deep inspirations imagining that the air has a color (the one you want) and make it descend through the thorax until it floods the baby. When it expires, imagine that the air comes out of the navel, the belly deflates and you can hug the baby as if you were cradling him.
Communicate through music
Prenatal stimulation through music is also a way effective and pleasant to establish contact with the baby.
Music therapy sessions for pregnant women can be held in specialized centers with classes led by a music therapist, but you can also do your home sessions in the privacy of the home.
In a relaxed environment you can listen to music, preferably from Mozart. There are studies that have demonstrated the preference of babies for their compositions due to their distinctive characteristics such as frequencies, melodies, the harmony of their rhythms.
The vibrations reach the fetus through the walls of the uterus causing pleasant sensations, activating neurons and increasing heart rate.
In addition to being a creative way of communicate with the baby in pregnancy, newborns who have received the influence of music in a sequential and orderly manner from pregnancy accept breastfeeding better, eat and sleep better and cry less.
It is also believed to help improve concentration as well as coordination and creativity of the unborn child.
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