How holistic pregnancy care promotes infant mental health

Emerging Minds Podcast

Jul 22 2022 | 00:21:34

00:00 / 00:21:34

Show Notes

In this episode, Dr Lyndal Harborne shares her personal and professional insights into holistic pregnancy care and how it benefits both parent and infant mental health. She discusses the importance of taking the time to understand parents’ psychosocial context, and how providing choices can help parents to navigate through pregnancy and beyond. She also explores how having a team of supportive professionals helps parents to adjust to parenting, and the positive impacts this has on children’s wellbeing across the lifespan.

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