Birth Imprints

Do you wonder what impact birth has on the baby, let alone a traumatic one? The early years of life can influence a person’s entire life. In today’s podcast, Lynn’s guest is midwife and author, Geneva Montano. Geneva shares what you can do to create a shift to help your clients and their babies heal their births. She shares about the imprints we all receive in the first 6 minutes, 6 hours, 6 days, 6 weeks and 6 years of life. What happens in those early moments can set up their beliefs about the world and about their safety. These early imprints; however, can be shifted through the process of replaying them.Geneva shares about what each stage creates. The first 6 minutes are related to grief around leaving the womb and finding safety in a new environment. The first 6 hours focus on co-regulation between the mother or primary caretaker and the baby. The first 6 days are centered on adjusting to being in the world. The first 6 weeks is about learning to receive from others. The first 6 years impact the subconscious thought and belief systems.In each of the times there are opportunities for injuries but also repair. How we help prepare clients for this is important as there are ways they can help replay these moments and create a different imprint.Listen in to hear all the golden nuggets Geneva has to offer about these impactful moments in time. Geneva Montano will be joining us for the 2025 Birth Healing Summit! She will be talking about the magic of a baby-led birth. Join the Institute for Birth Healing mailing list for more details about the upcoming Birth Healing Summit taking place April 7 - 18, 2025.Have a comment or question about today’s episode? Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Lynn.If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode and share this podcast with your friends and colleagues.  To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.comABOUT TODAY’S SPEAKERGeneva Montano is a Colorado native and mother of four. She has been a birth worker since 2003 and is a Registered and Professional Midwife in Denver, Certified Doula, Registered Yoga Teacher, CPR instructor, body and energy worker, teacher, mentor, author, artist, and activist. Geneva has had a lifelong passion for spirituality, art, and self-exploration. She believes that each birth teaches her and the families she serves the life lessons they have been seeking.Visit her website: https://www.genevamontano.com/Check out her book: Wisdom From the Womb: The Magic of a Baby-Led BirthVisit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE