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Book SynopsisProviding essential knowledge and understanding that midwives, health visitors, nursery nurses and lay birth and early parenting educators need to deliver effective and evidence-based education to all new parents and families, this book explores key issues in perinatal education.
Table of ContentsPart I: Preconception education 1.Preconception health, education and care: The earliest intervention. 2.Improving health and well-being before, between and beyond pregnancy. 3.Would you like to become pregnant in the next year? The key question® initiative in the United States. 4.Breastfeeding promotion in early learning settings. Part II: Building Parents’ Relationships with their Infants from Pregnancy Onwards. 5.Stressed pre- birth? How the foetus is affected by a mother’s state of mind. 6.Commentary: Motherhood in conditions of war- Biological and psychological routs to infant development. 7.Attachment: A play of closeness and distance. 8.Just chatting with a baby is more than you might think. 9.The musical key to babies’ cognitive and social development. 10."Daddy’s Funny!" Father’s playfulness with young children. 11.Creative play spaces: Finding the space for play. 12.Role of the parent-child attachment relationship. 13.The transition to parenthood and early child development in families with LGBTQ+ parents. Part III: Preparation for Labour and Birth. 14.Commentary: A Mindful approach to childbirth education and preparation for childbirth. 15.Preparing women for homebirth. 16.The power to transform: Freeing women’s instinctual potential for giving birth through body-centred preparation in pregnancy. Part IV: Education and Support for Parents of Twins. 17.Sleep patterns of twins. 18.Breastfeeding twins. 19Helping parents understand and navigate the twin bond. Part V: What parents need to know about sleeping, weaning, and the media. 20.Infant sleep and feeding in evolutionary perspective. 21.Sleep in early childhood: The role of bedtime routines. 22.Food fussiness in early childhood: Assessment and management. 23.Weaning a baby onto a vegan diet. 24.A Relationship-based framework for early childhood media use. Part VI: The ‘How’ of education and supporting parents 25.Commentary: Tug of War- Could polarised parenting advice cause harm? 26.Exploring the application (or use) of educational theory in perinatal parenting through four theorists. 27.Group intervention to treat fear of childbirth with psycho-education and relaxation exercises. 28.Commentary- parenting programmes are not culturally relevant to many communities. 29.Approachable parenting: The five pillars of parenting pregnancy and beyond programme for Muslim families. 30.Heteronormative obstacles in regular antenatal education and the benefits of LGBTQ certified options: Experiences among prospective LGBTQ parents in Sweden. 31.A psychodynamic approach to working with pregnant teenagers and young parents. 32.Fathers prenatal relationships with ‘their’ baby and ‘her’ pregnancy- implications for antenatal education. 33.Tips for facilitating antenatal education online.
