@douladirectory: Reposting Merve Unall’s brilliant video about ‘that’ newborn baby smell 🩷 And by the way, it’s not just cute… it’s biology, bonding and protection all wrapped into one tiny human. 💝 Research shows that the scent of a newborn activates the reward and nurturing centres of a parent’s brain, helping strengthen attachment, emotional connection and caregiving instincts in those early days after birth. It’s one of the reasons the postnatal period matters so much. Parents and babies aren’t designed to ‘bounce back’ into normal life immediately. They’re designed to be close. To rest. To learn each other. To recover. To bond. When families are given space, support and practical care in those early weeks, it allows parents to focus less on the pressure of daily life and more on simply being together… holding, feeding, sniffing that newborn head and building the foundations of connection that last far beyond the fourth trimester. ✨ Sometimes the most important thing we can do for new parents… is protect their space to just be. #postnatal #doula #postpartum #newbaby

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