Babies Are Not Pizzas: They're Born, Not Delivered

by Rebecca Dekker

The results showed that the one-year-old infants who had been separated from their mothers at birth for two hours were more irritable, impulsive, and had trouble self-regulating. The mothers who were separated were less responsive to their infants, and showed less reciprocity and mutuality—meaning they were less enthusiastic and more likely to have a flat affect when interacting with their child.

All those people who say you can’t prepare for something so unpredictable? They’re wrong. The beauty of a really good childbirth class is that it can prepare you to cope with the unpredictable nature of birth.