In article <412f1451$0$20247$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
"Jason Gorringe" <jasongorringe@antispam.com> wrote:
Fetus BONDS in utero...if not, then difficulty is experienced during the transition to ATTACHMENT in the first (approx) 3 months of life. If ANY infant fails to bond in utero - due to mother's depressed state, illness during pregnancy, comatose state during pregnancy, denial of pregnancy - the child will have much difficulty in developing a secure attachment to its *caretaker* --REGARDLESS who that caretaker may be. I suggest you might wish to check into some excellent sources of study and practice re RAD and other associated problems potentially faced by ALL children. Adoption need not ever enter the picture for attachment problems to occur. pb... Thanks for the correction. It would appear that this is a widely misuderstood problem. Can you point me to any good sources online (my local library does not appear to have anything)



Don't allow yourself to be corrected without the facts. Turns out that
while there is some clear evidence that MATERNAL attachment to the fetus
is quite important from a physiological and psychological standpoint,
the reverse -- fetus TO maternal "bonding" -- is hardly mentioned in the
medical and psychologic literature with any sort of evidence.

Not surprising -- it can't really even be measured.

It may come to pass someday that researchers will figure out that there
is some sort of psychological and emotional requirement that the fetus
"bond" in utero with its mother. But until someone actually can do that,
it's a lot of supposition and (frankly) blabber.

Then again, supposition and uninformed blabber are Patty's stock in
trade.




steve