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Prenatal Wellness Center

The Prenatal Wellness Center is a center that supports prenatal attachment before, during, and after pregnancy. The ultimate purpose is prevention and intervention for families who are planning or having a baby. The center offers classes, workshops, counseling and prenatal resources.

Up coming events!

The Prenatal Wellness Center Is open for business!

Come on by and visit us and network with other parents!

We had a dazzling Open house on September 8th. Thank you to all who attended!

The library is open for your review from

9:00-3:00 Monday-Friday and 9:00-1:00 on Saturdays

Call for appointments Monday-Saturday

Getting to Know You

Prenatal Attachment and Parenting

Preconception-through birth and early infancy.

A developmental approach to prenatal attachment & attunement.

6 sessions workshop beginning:

rescheduled for January 2008 - see flyer

6:00-8:00 at 1814 14th Street Santa Monica Ca 90404

$20.00 per session or $110.00 for all sessions

Call for reservations and more information (310) 399-5784

Prenatal Attachment

Prenatal attachment is defined as the relationship between a pregnant woman and fetus. “Attachment relationships are formative because they facilitate the development of the brain’s self-regulatory mechanism” (Fonagy & Target, 2002).

Regulation and coordination of emotion and internal organization is interpreted through affect regulation and operates at a internal non-conscious level.

Synchronized attunement and rhythm, embodiment, awareness, intention, love, sensory awareness, are all necessary for healthy relationship development. These mechanisms, “coordinate inner body signals to generate survival-appropriate inner regulation that allows the organism to act as a coherent whole.” (Churchland, 2002)

Attachment is the basis for the foundational beliefs about self and how to function in the world.

Mission

To provide prenatal education, support and counseling in an effort to educate women, men and professionals on the journey to building a community of informed individuals.

To promote innovative practices based on research in the field of prenatal and perinatal psychology and health.

To support the fundamental role of the parents to love and nurture the growth and formation of the baby.

To develop a program to support and educate families considering conception, during pregnancy and beyond.

To promote awareness of development and attachment from conception through early childhood.

To encourage personal growth and development of parents to be.

To provide options for wellness before, during and after pregnancy.

Prenatal Wellness Center Resources & Services

Library and internet resources.

Experiential “Womb Room”.

Sensory experiential replicating the womb environment for a fetus.

Prenatal Wellness classes
Yoga, music & movement, meditation, art.

Prenatal Education.
Workshops, training classes.

Prenatal Counseling.
Individual, group and family.

Philosophy

The fetus is subject to the environmental influences. The mother is physically and psychologically the “mediator” between the baby and the world. (Bertin, 1994 p3)

The fetus is sensitive, sensorial, and has an affective conscience capable of prelogical and preoperational learning and consciousness based on instinct and intuition, based on instinct.

A new born baby brings with him nine months of experience and exhibits individuality in body, temperament, and personality that distinguishes him from any other human being.

Parents strengthen their own relationships during prenatal bonding. Delivery, breastfeeding and attachment are easier and reduces postpartum depression.

Welcoming a new baby is an experience that is supported from pre-conception planning through infancy and beyond.

It is never too early to begin paving the way for healthy attachment, attunement and reciprocity.

It is also never too late to develop healthy parenting skills and develop a healthy bonding relationship.

Donations

We welcome donations.
Checks may be made out to T.I.P.S. for the benefit of The Prenatal Wellness Center.

Prenatal Wellness Center

1814 14th Street Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA 90404 (310) 399-5784