SUMMARY
Bonding with your baby isn’t like the movies. Sometimes it comes easy and other times its hard and requires work. Amanda discusses how it took longer to bond with her 3rd child and Katie discusses bonding with her daughter who was a preemie and her son who had a trauma birth.
SHOW NOTES
[1:30] – Our pre-baby ideas of bonding with baby
[2:20] – Amanda has the twins
[4:20] – Amanda’s struggle bonding with her 3rd baby
[5:00] – Ways Amanda worked at bonding
[6:30] – Katie bonding with Preemies
[10:15] – Katie bonding with Finn who had a trauma birth
[15:15] – Skin to skin
[16:05] – Pack in your hospital bag…
[17:45] – Mothers forget…you’re getting to know each other
[18:20] – It’s like making a new friend
[19:00] – Becoming aware and mindful
[20:15] – It’s normal not to be instantly bonded