Development of an Integrative Relationship in the Care of the Breastfeeding Newborn: Lactation Consultant and Chiropractor

There is a growing consensus among psychologists, midwives, lactation consultants, physicians and others who are concerned with the early perinatal period that there is a “sensitive period” (Odent, Klauss) immediately following a physiologically normal birth. During this brief period a very unique hormonal milieu, orchestrated by the birth itself, drives maternal-infant interactions. These interactions are designed to wire the mother and infant for attachment, directing them toward behaviors that optimize the infant’s potential, first for survival and ultimately for well-being.