Many people do not realize the huge impact birth trauma has on babies. Most of the time, the baby is sent home with everyone, including the doctor, thinking the baby is healthy physically, and so there is no problem.  Being kept in incubators can be especially traumatic.

In addition, .” ……as with prenatal trauma, traumatic birth experiences, such as being born with the umbilical cord wrapped around the neck, lengthy painful delivery, Cesarean birth, forceps delivery,, and breach birth, can trigger profound threat reactions of high arousal, contraction/withdrawal, and fear/paralysis responses in the newborn, all precursors of the Connection Survival Style.”  (Healing Developmental Trauma, by Heller and LaPierre)