09/12/2026
๐๏ธ NEW EPISODE โ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 ๐๏ธ
How Birth Shapes Your Baby's Nervous System for Life
There's a window of time โ starting the moment your baby is born and lasting through those first hours and days โ that shapes your child's nervous system more than almost any other period in their life. Not months from now. Right now, in the delivery room and the days that follow. ๐ง
This Friday on "A Parent's Guide to Child Development", Annamarie von Firley is joined again by Emily Roper โ Neuro-Developmental Delay Therapist, certified Midwife's Assistant, and founder of Early Roots , who has personally attended over 600 births โ for a deep dive into birth and the immediate postpartum window most parents never hear about. ๐
In this episode we unpack:
๐ What's actually happening physiologically during the "golden hour" after birth
๐คฐ How vaginal birth and C-section affect a baby's nervous system differently
๐ What inductions, epidurals, vacuum & forceps mean for babies specifically
๐ฆ The surprising link between gut health and ADHD, autism, anxiety & depression
๐ผ Why skin-to-skin and early bonding are physiological events, not just sweet moments
๐ถ What happens when a baby is separated from mom in the early hours or days
๐ What to do if your birth or postpartum experience didn't go the way you hoped
This one is for every expecting parent walking into the delivery room, every parent replaying their own birth story, and everyone who's ever wondered how much those first hours really matter. ๐
๐ง WATCH FRIDAY:
โถ๏ธ YouTube https://youtu.be/26i3Lh-P3ks
๐ข Spotify
๐ Apple Podcasts
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โฌ๏ธ Tag a parent, birth worker, or expecting friend who needs this. โฌ๏ธ