Basic Trust is Crucial for Life. How Can a Newborn Child Gain Basic Trust?

Abstract

A decisive course for life is set in the earliest phase, namely during the birth trauma and in the immediately following postpartum minutes. Here the newborn either gains its basic confidence for life or not. The consequences are not only significant for the individual, but also for society as a whole, which has to pay for the costs of psychological problems as part of health insurance solidarity. The behavior of the obstetrician, but above all the midwife, is important. The newborn needs attention, warmth and immediate contact with the mother. This empathy would be an "investment" that would certainly pay off for everyone involved.