http://thevisualmd.com/read_guide.php?idc=415 en-EN The Mother-Baby Bond: The Biology of Love Health Center includes the following topics: http://backend.userland.com/rss http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/mother_baby_bond_the_biology_of_love_video http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/mother_baby_bond_the_biology_of_love_video Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:20:03 -0500
Of all the attributes that define human beings, our need to form strong emotional attachments to each other may be the most profound. And of ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/mother_baby_bond_the_biology_of_love http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/mother_baby_bond_the_biology_of_love Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:20:58 -0500
While there is no single, master template for the relationship between mother and infant, within this first bond are important elements that will also play ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/establishing_new_life http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/establishing_new_life Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:21:44 -0500
From conception to birth, the mother-fetal bond is biologically indivisible. The communication between the mother’s body and the genetically distinct fetus begins with a physiological ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/nurture_protect http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/nurture_protect Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:22:17 -0500
The placenta is an indispensable but temporary organ that physiologically joins the mother and the developing fetus. This remarkable, shared structure is the centerpiece of ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/growth_sensations http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/growth_sensations Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:16:10 -0500
The growing fetus develops in a warm and watery world. Attached by the umbilical cord to the placenta, the developing baby floats within the fluid ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/adapting_anticipating http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/adapting_anticipating Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:23:52 -0500
In the passage of just 9 months, a microscopic speck has become a baby. At week 7, the embryo is about the size of a ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/joyous_mom_joyous_baby http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/joyous_mom_joyous_baby Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:24:31 -0500
Pregnancy is a time of great joy, but even under the best circumstances, it is also a time of considerable stress and challenge, both physically ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/your_baby_enters_the_world http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/your_baby_enters_the_world Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:25:18 -0500
Like every other step in the 9-month process, the initiation of labor involves a complex interplay of maternal and fetal factors mediated through chemical signals. ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/nourishing_body_bond http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/nourishing_body_bond Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:26:12 -0500
Mother’s milk is a marvel. It is an extraordinarily complex fluid, assembled in the mother’s body through a long series of interconnected steps. Breast milk ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/mother_teacher http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/mother_teacher Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:09:31 -0500
A baby is not a blank slate at birth. Our human evolutionary heritage equips newborns with a range of behaviors that help ensure their survival, ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/nurturing_development http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/nurturing_development Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:27:28 -0500
We know that complete nutrition is necessary for the healthy growth and development of an infant’s bones, muscles, and skin as well as the circulatory, ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/a_mutual_gaze http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/a_mutual_gaze Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:35:24 -0500
Babies’ sensory systems require interaction with the environment in order to mature, which they do quite rapidly. “By 3 months,” says Claire Kopp, “they see ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/from_bump_to_bundle http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/child_health/mother-baby_bond_the_biology_of_love/from_bump_to_bundle Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:28:43 -0500
Every newborn comes into this world with a unique legacy and unique potential. That doesn’t mean, as developmental experts remind us, that infancy is destiny, ...]]>