Ask KT Archive
Each month we host 3 Ask KT recorded webinars with their corresponding lecture guide. We are always revisiting them to make updates and improvements, so be sure to check back each month to see the next Ask KT in the rotation.
Stage 2
Originally recorded with Our Birth Journey.
Stage 2 is all about descent, rotation and transition. Although it is the shortest stage, lasting usually ten to sixty minutes, Stage 2 occurs in the narrowest part of the maternal pelvis, and can be the most painful stage.
Stage 3
Originally recorded with Our Birth Journey.
Karlton shares the specific challenges encountered by the baby, and different protocols to be applied during therapy related to issues arising from Stage 3 of the birth process.
Stage 4
Originally recorded with Our Birth Journey
Stage Four of birth, known as the primal bonding window, occurs when the baby’s body is finally born. It is signified by a few general traumas, particularly if the birth has occurred in a hospital: premature cutting of the cord; prevention of maternal bonding and isolation; and interventions involving manipulation or invasion (weighing, scrubbing, suction, heel pricks, etc.).
Throughout this content any time we use the following terms: Lie Side, Recapitulation Style, Birth Stages 1,2,3, or 4, Divine Homesickness, Discovery, or any other term followed by *WE, these are technical terms developed by Dr. William Emerson and are available to be studied in Emerson, W. (2017). Infant and Child Birth Re-Facilitation, Edition 3. Windsor, Stonebrook Publishing.
The therapeutic techniques presented in this course are intended to offer compassionate support and guidance for practitioners working with infants, integrating knowledge from the pre and perinatal sciences. It is crucial to recognize that the methods demonstrated should not be implemented without undertaking the requisite courses to comprehend the broader context of this work.
Karlton Terry is not a psychotherapist, a psychologist, a psychiatrist, or a medical doctor and does not hold a licence to practice psychotherapy. He further urges that anyone studying the pre and perinatal sciences should be in therapy with a good qualified therapist.