Take a close look at this placenta! This organ of pregnancy is co-created between mother and child (within the womb), and it is the primary site of nutrient and gas exchange between the two. If the mother suffers organ damage during pregnancy, fetal stem cells migrate across the placenta into the maternal circulation in order to help repair the damaged organ! Researchers have observed that women who experience weakness of the heart during pregnancy have better recovery than any group of heart failure patients! Inherently through this process, the fetus promotes it’s own survival by protecting the heart and other organs of it’s mother! After the baby is born, it continues to create a loving environment! During his or her first interactions with this world, the power of a touch, a smile, a listening ear, an honest complement or the smallest act of kindness (towards both, the baby and our loved one) can be critical in growing together as a couple and to foster multiple developmental achievements in the child (including the infant’s sense of self, trust in others, affective, social and exploratory behaviors). Very young children also learn to use their parents’ emotional expressions as guides in approaching or withdrawing from both physical and social stimuli. The impact of such an influence can gear us towards understanding why composing our expressions (in a way that creates a positive environment for the growing child), communicating efficiently with our spouse and developing a sense of camaraderie and teamwork can inherently build a strong foundation between spouses and their babies! With this in mind, let’s choose to harvest this nature of love on this wonderful Valentine’s Day morning!
Written by Student Doctor: Navpreet Singh Badesha ©02/14/2017 All Rights Reserved.
This research was published in the National Library of Medicine:
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