All or almost all of us have a reference from our first days of life. These usually carry the name and shapes of a traditional hospital where our parents decided they would give birth to us.
However, the doctor and gynecologist Brenda García, comments for "Portraits of the Bay Area" about a little-known concept: the golden hour of humanized childbirth.
Like almost all traditional births, says Dr. García, the leading role during the birth of a baby is taken by the surgical procedure, which leaves the family aside.
Generally, the mother is placed on a bed, accompanied only by other women who are going through the same process, giving birth.
Humanized childbirth, although it is still carried out in a hospital, does operate from another perspective, with a new look and way of carrying out a process that does not have to be overwhelming and traumatic.
Humanized birth care is placed on the woman from before conception until the baby's umbilical cord is cut, carried out in the mother's arms, both feeling their heartbeats.
This is because the first hour that elapses after childbirth is one of the most important to generate healthy "skin-to-skin" bonds between the mother and the newborn.
"The process is indicated by the woman," says García when referring to the moments before childbirth; The woman, she affirms, is the one who sets the tone to advance in the process, she is the one who indicates in which position and which movements she prefers to be able to advance the birth of the baby, all with the highest medical care that the mother and the baby can have.
One of the differences between humanized childbirth and deliveries carried out at home or with midwives, lies mainly in the fact that humanized childbirth is carried out in a hospital, where all the necessary care and resources are available to safeguard the integrity of the mother. and the son.
It should be noted that gynecologist Brenda García is a Surgeon from the Justo Sierra University of Mexico City and that she has a Postgraduate Degree in Ultrasonography from the Mexican Association of Ultrasound in Medicine of AMUSEM, a Master's Degree in climacteric and menopause from the Menéndez Pelayo International University and specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics by the Mexican Council of Gynecology and Obstetrics AC
For more details about Brenda García and information about humanized childbirth and the golden hour, visit the interview on the Instagram account of @peninsula360press.
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