Haptonomy
Connect and be in tune together between mom, dad and baby during the pregnancy
What is Haptonomy?
Haptonomy is a Science of affectivity, developed by Franz Veldman ( Netherland 1921- France 2010). He defines a certain approach to the affective interactions between people.
The affective confirmation between human being contributes the development of an affective security and self confidence that help them face the challenges of life.
This approach is calming and reassuring.
The mains change you will enjoy with this approach are :
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immediate change of tonus in all the tissues,
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the quality of the presence,
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The feeling to be whole and active with your own body.
Haptonomy is more than a child birth education class.
It helps building and developing a parenthood feeling.
it starts an involvement with a relationship with the baby in the wombs.
It provides the physical and emotional support throughout your labor and your birth.
It confirms your feeling and your knowledge about your body to give you more confidence for the pregnancy, the birth and the life with the baby.
Is it a Child Birth Preparation?
What is the benefit for the birth ?
For the birth, Haptonomy is to promote “togetherness” with the child to be born.
The affective and reassuring relationship between the father, the mother and the child brings a specific, “positive affective” muscle tone that accompanies the new-born during delivery.
It reinforce “the role of the partner” at the birth. His presence and his support are essential for the mom to relax and cope in labor.
The accompaniment of the affective relationship between the child and the parents doesn’t stop at the moment of birth. A prenatal accompaniment should continue postnatally until the child can walk.
A well accompanied child during the prenatal period has expectations.
You can provide safety to the child, and thus a feeling of autonomy, even if, right after birth, they discover dependency.
In fact, feeling unsafe creates dependency.
During the last prenatal session, we discuss about carrying a child in a haptonomic way. Hap- tonomy emphasizes carrying a child vertically. The feeling of verticality, experienced through secure carrying, provides the child with basic emotional security needed throughout life.
During postnatal haptonomy, we confirm the parent about what they know and they feel to emphasize their confidence in their parenthood. We encourage the family to be in tune, find balance and find a way to support each other in this new life with a baby.
An additional session is also offered to the mother to help her a find a feeling of security in her base and to reestablish her sense of “being a woman.”
What is the benefit for baby?
How does it work?
There are 6 to 8 sessions before the birth, and 4 sessions in post partum.
The sessions are 1 hour. Both parents are required for all sessions.
It cannot be group session.
The sessions can start after 14 weeks, never after 28 weeks.
The last session in postpartum is when baby is acquired the walking.