Psycho-Neuro-Endocrine Immunology (PNEI) of Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum

“Understanding the psycho-neuro-endocrine phenomena of birth to prevent the use of the ‘Force Paradigm’ in childbirth care”

Instructor: Anna Maria Rossetti, midwife and director of Scuola Elementale di Arte Ostetrica, Florence, Italy

Presentation Outline:

• Introduction to PNEI
• Salutogenesis in Maternity
• Labour and Neuromodulation of Distress
• Myometrial Lactic Acidosis as a Cause of Distress During Labour: Conservative and Non-Invasive Intervention Tools
• The Expulsive Phase and the Encounter: Effects of ‘Perineal Distress’ from a PNEI Perspective

Presentation Slides

Disclaimer: Project IPOV RESPECTFULCARE has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-MSCA-2022-Staff Exchange programme. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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Anna Maria Rossetti

Woman. Feminist. Midwife. SpB®AT.
CEO of SEAO®, Director of ARCHIMETRA.
She teaches PNEI to heal birth.

Anna Maria works internationally, offering lessons and workshops on the theoretical and practical aspects of Psycho-Neuro-Endocrine Physiology (PNEP) applied to pregnancy and childbirth.

She is the co-author of university textbooks on PNEI in pregnancy and birth and has written numerous articles as the director of SEAO Edizioni (Florence, Italy). Her mission is to help restore peace in childbirth by bringing together midwives, doctors, and maternal and infant health professionals, fostering new knowledge on physiology, and empowering women’s wisdom about their sexual transitions and their innate healing power.

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