š¤Skin-to-skin Contact - with Psychotherapist Sarah Edge #bonding #postnatal #mentalhealth
This video explores bonding, oxytocin and skin-to-skin contact in the context of premature birth, medical intervention or traumatic delivery. While skin-to-skin can support oxytocin release and breastfeeding, it is not the only way bonding happens. When parents miss the so-called āgolden hourā, it can trigger fear that their bond or feeding journey is already compromised. In reality, bonding is fluid, relational and lifelong, not a single moment on a delivery ward. Delayed bonding can be a natural, protective response to trauma or postnatal mental ill health, and with compassion and support, connection can grow in many different ways.
Sarah Edge is a BACP-accredited counsellor and psychotherapist specialising in pre- and postnatal mental health, offering person-centred therapy to pregnant and postnatal women and birthing parents online, by phone and face to face from Thrive Wellbeing Hub in Sale, Manchester. With undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in psychology, diplomas in counselling and psychotherapy, and a Masterās in Advanced Counselling & Psychotherapy, Sarah brings both extensive professional expertise and lived experience as a mother. Her work supports parents navigating birth trauma, loss, feeding difficulties, anxiety and postnatal mood disorders, offering flexible, compassionate care that honours recovery, attachment and the realities of early parenthood.
#Bonding #SkinToSkin #PostnatalMentalHealth #BirthTrauma #PerinatalMentalHealth #Oxytocin #NewParents #MaternalMentalHealth #TraumaInformedCare #PsychologyReels #MindFriend
