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Birth Trauma, Babies & Craniosacral Therapy

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Supporting your baby after a challenging birth

Birth is a profound experience for both baby and mother. While many babies settle naturally after birth, some can appear particularly unsettled, sensitive or difficult to soothe.

A baby’s birth may involve interventions such as a C-section, ventouse, forceps, induction or premature delivery. Sometimes a very fast or difficult birth, or a stressful pregnancy or birth experience for the mother, can leave a family feeling that their baby has had a lot to process.

When a baby is frequently crying, struggling to settle, having difficulties feeding or sleeping, or simply seems uncomfortable, parents can understandably feel worried and exhausted.

What might you notice?

Every baby is different. Some babies settle within the first few weeks, while others may continue to need extra support.

Parents sometimes seek help when their baby experiences:

  • prolonged or frequent crying
  • difficulty settling or sleeping
  • feeding or latching difficulties
  • colic-like symptoms
  • reflux or digestive discomfort
  • mild torticollis or tension
  • difficulty relaxing, even when being held
  • sensitivity to stimulation
  • unsettled behaviour following a difficult or complicated birth

There can be many possible reasons for these experiences, and it is important to consider your baby’s individual needs rather than assuming that one explanation fits every baby.

Gentle support for babies

Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, light-touch approach that aims to support relaxation and wellbeing.

In my work with babies, I create a calm and safe environment where your baby can be held, supported and listened to at their own pace. Sessions are gentle and responsive to the baby’s cues, with the aim of helping them feel more comfortable and settled.

Some parents choose CST following a particularly challenging birth, while others come because their baby is unsettled, tense or having difficulties with feeding or sleep.

I see each baby as an individual, and I work with the baby and parents together rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach.

Supporting mother as well as baby

The birth experience can have a profound emotional impact on mothers too.

Whether this is your first baby or your second, third or fifth, every birth is different. You may have experienced fear, anxiety, unexpected intervention, a difficult recovery or simply a birth that did not happen in the way you had hoped.

Supporting the mother is therefore an important part of my approach. Creating space for you to feel heard, cared for and supported can be just as valuable as supporting your baby.

A compassionate, individual approach

My work brings together my experience with babies, children and adults with my continuing interest in the relationship between science, early-life experiences, the body and wellbeing.

I work from a place of:

Compassion · Curiosity · Intuition · Science · Respect for the individual · The wisdom of the body

Some babies may need only a small amount of support, while others may benefit from several sessions. Every baby and family is different, so I will always work at your baby’s pace and discuss with you what may be appropriate.

CST is complementary care and should not replace assessment or treatment from your GP, health visitor, midwife, paediatrician, lactation consultant or other appropriately qualified healthcare professional where this is needed.

About Maria

I have worked with thousands of clients, including hundreds of babies and children, and continue to develop my knowledge and understanding of the connection between early-life experiences, the body and wellbeing.

My intention is to offer babies and their parents a calm, compassionate space where they can feel supported, respected and listened to.

Appointments

In person

Life by Margot
North London
N15 6HA

Community clinic

Crouch End Horsey Vale community clinic click here to read more

Home visits

Home visits are available for mothers and babies, where appropriate.

Online appointments

Online appointments are also available for mothers and parents who would like support from home.

Workshops

I also offer occasional baby workshops at Life by Margot throughout the year. Next one 11.10.26 click here to read more

Get in touch

If your baby has had a challenging birth or you are simply feeling that something is not quite right, you are welcome to get in touch to discuss whether my approach may be suitable for you and your baby.

email me to: esposito_m@yahoo.co.uk

Healing from the Heart

Babies fascial unwinding, benefit of craniosacral therapy

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Understanding your baby digestive system, colic, reflux and birth trauma

by Craniosacral Therapy/Paediatric craniosacral therapy/Nutrition/NAET/ NLP Health Coach/Mindfulness meditation, posted in Blog

Just to understand your baby food and why some babies will have more colic till 3 months old than others.

The foremilk, is the milk that comes out first, when you breastfeeding. Is that milk that contains water, protein and antibodies.

The hindmilk is thicker and contains fat, vitamin A, E and more fat soluble vitamins. They both contain lactose.

Lactose overload is when the baby does not have enough of the lactase (the enzyme to break down the sugar).

Lactase is produced from the brush border of their small intestinal tract from two weeks onwards. In premature babies it might take longer than full term baby to produce enough lactase to digest the sugar.

If the mother naturally has more lactose in the milk than the baby can digest, or there the baby drinks more of the foremilk than the hindmilk and keep feeding all the time without rest, than lactose can accumulate in the large intestine. This will cause, fermentation and air and bloating. Being very uncomfortable for the baby when it needs to poo and the poo being very explosive. Even though I have seen also babies with an accumulated lactose that were constipated, this might be combined with structure problems, that craniosacral therapy can deal with.

Breastmilk is empties faster from the stomach than bottle milk, hence babies that are bottle fed sleep a bit longer due to the fat content and feeling full quicker.

Bile salts, digest fat, and in breastmilk helps with the digestion of fat and infants do re-absorb the bile from the blood to digest milk as well. This is till the digestive system and liver system develops better.

Oligosaccharides in the mothers milk increase the friendly bacteria growth in babies. The bacteria helps digest the food even further, help to make food for the intestinal tract cells production and the production of some B vitamins and vitamin K.

If your baby drinks more foremilk than hindmilk, the fat content of their feeding will be out of balance. Fatty substances are slow to digest. As the foremilk is usually lower in fat, it passes so fast through the intestinal tract that it does not get enough time to break down and triggers colic by accumulating in the large intestine and cause the gas, and bloating and discomfort in your baby.

Sign and symptoms of foremilk and hindmilk intake imbalance are:

Significate weight gain, fussiness, with feedings, gas, frequent stools that sometimes are green, frothy and explosive stools. Always hungry, crying and screaming, more appetite than usual trouble sleeping.

Allow babies to finish one breastmilk before going to the other side. See a lactation consultant if in doubt.

Craniosacral therapy and nutrition gives the baby and parents a gift of a lifetime in adjusting the entire system through letting go of possible birth trauma, or in pregnancy trauma, stress hormones and more. Tight jaw, after a tongue tie, or high palate and tight jaw due to forces of the birth trauma during delivery and much more. Reduces and eliminates colic, reflux, constipation, sleep problems.

Maria Esposito BSc (Hons)