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Prenatal Bonding Analysis This book presents a novel psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic method which enables expectant mothers to establish communication with their unborn babies. After an exploration of the root aspects of pre- and perinatal psychology and psychoanalysis, details of the practice of prenatal bonding analysis are introduced. The volume concludes with 15 interviews where mothers who experienced the bonding analysis give first-hand accounts of their encounters. With its theoretical, practical and testimonial threefold structure, the book aims at reaching out to both specialists and a general readership, especially prospective parents. György Hidas, MD (1925–2012) was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He specialized primarily in the work of Sándor Ferenczi and prenatal bonding analysis. Jenő Raffai, PhD (1954–2015) was a psychologist and psychoanalyst with a main focus on pre- and perinatal psychology and bonding analysis. Judit Vollner pursued a career as an actress and then as a science journalist. Currently, she leads communication trainings based on acting techniques. Prenatal Bonding Analysis The Invisible Umbilical Cord György Hidas, Jenő Raffai and Judit Vollner Cover image: © Getty Images First English edition published 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 György Hidas, Jenő Raffai and Judit Vollner The right of György Hidas, Jenő Raffai and Judit Vollner to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. 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First published in Hungarian in 2002 as Lelki k ld kzsin r – Beszlgetek a ö ö ó é kisbabámmal by Válasz könyvkiadó, Budapest Translation by Krisztina Horváth and Anna Major British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hidas, György, author. | 1 Raffai, Jeno, author | 1 Vollner, Judit, author Title: Prenatal bonding analysis : the invisible umbilical cord / György Hidas, Jeno Raffai, and Judit Vollner Description: 1 Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2 | Includes bibliographical references Identifiers: LCCN 2022032215 (print) | LCCN 202203 (ebook) | ISBN 9781032364230 (hardback) | ISBN 9781032346335 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003331865 (ebook) Subjects: Classification: LCC BF720.P73 H53 2023 (print) | LCC BF720.P73 (ebook) | DDC 618.2/4019--dc23/eng/20220823 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022032215 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022032216 ISBN: 9781032364230 (hbk) ISBN: 9781032346335 (pbk) ISBN: 9781003331865 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003331865 Typeset in Bembo by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India Contents Foreword viii Introduction xi 1 The intelligent foetus 1 Prenatal behaviour 2 Self-induced activity 2 Reactive behaviour 4 Interactive-social movements 5 Contributions of research on premature births 6 Learning and memory 7 Auditory behaviour 8 Rhythm 9 Melody 11 Harmony 11 The musicality of the baby 12 A few words on lullabies 13 The significance of emotions and music 13 2 The ultrasonographic observation of foetal life 14 3 The effect of maternal stress and anxiety on the foetus and child 22 4 Later effects of unwanted pregnancies 27 Empirical analyses 31 The Prague experiment 33 Initial results 33 vi Contents The start in life 34 Development from a health and societal standpoint 34 Second and third phases of research 35 Experimental results 35 Conclusions 36 5 The psyche of the foetus in the mirror of psychoanalytic theories 37 6 Approaches to the unconscious 44 7 The method of mother–foetus bonding analysis 55 8 Intrauterine encounters 75 Csilla Cseri: “You could see from his eyes that he wanted to know what the world had in store for him” 75 Györgyi Szántó: “I felt that this kid has always been here and that we knew each other” 80 Andrea Fejérvári: “You get to know yourself better as well” 88 Judit Gombocz: “As if I were hearing it with my non-existent third ear, feeling it in my heart and soul” 91 Mónika Szoboszlai: “I want to unveil what it is to be” 97 Judit Pásztor: “When his head popped out, he immediately opened his eyes and looked around curiously” 102 Angelika Seres: “… I found myself in a vast space, there, the baby appeared” 109 Myrtill Várnai: “He basically exclaimed: I am not a girl!” 115 Kinga Aradi: “Zita chose her own name” 120 Katalin Forró: “I felt she could hear and understand the things I told her and that they really did get to her” 126 Adrienn Fenyvesi: “I had a strong feeling of being one with him” 133 Enikő Pianovszky: “After we made contact, he was jumping up and down for joy” 138 Csilla Pethe-Tóth: “It was like we both stepped out of our body” 145 Contents vii Klára Lipcsei: “… I was inside, way inside, and outside I was tearing” 152 Zsófi Müller: “… flight has a goal, but it is unknown what it is” 160 Tables 167 References 169 Index 173 Foreword A revolution is taking place in present-day psychology, regarding the field of prenatal, intrauterine research. It has been proven that a human life, in psycho- logical terms, begins not at birth, but conception. A new culture is blossoming at the heels of this discovery, which brings us closer to the roots of our being and prompts us to once and for all change our perception of humanity and the world. It is especially significant for us that two Hungarian psychoanalysts, György Hidas and Jenő Raffai, developed the methodology of establishing a connection between a mother and the foetus developing in her womb, the so-called mother–foetus bonding analysis, which aids the development of an invisible umbilical cord carrying signals and information between the two. Some international scientific circles deem this practice the greatest “invention” since psychoanalysis; with its help, it is not only possible to set not-yet-born infants on an optimal course of development but also to intervene with poten- tially life-saving results in what were thought to be purely biological processes, such as the untimely atrophy of the placenta or the rupture of the foetal mem- brane, which have been the cause of foetal death and premature and physically harmful births. In 2001, the United Nations commissioned a panel of 12 scientists to, as part of its International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World initiative, develop a parenting programme which it could recommend to the governments of its constituent nations. Jenő Raffai, one of the authors of this book and the president of the Hungarian Society for Pre- and Perinatal Medicine and Psychology, was also invited to join this exclusive panel – a proof of the international acclaim of the results of Hungarian research. An international training programme will soon be initiated to adopt this new technique. The recognition of intrauterine connections may enter common knowl- edge as a veritable mental bomb, so we can say without exaggeration that our book uncovers thus far unknown depths of the creation of life and the human psyche, of the origin of interpersonal relationships and attempts to solve the mystery of the earliest, most profound and most intimate relationship that can ever exist between two people. Perhaps we are not using too great a word when we are of the opinion that this informative book, accessible to all, is Foreword ix the first in the world to report of the experiences of expectant mothers who have established an unfiltered connection with their baby still in the womb, constitutes a sensation. In the self-revealing accounts, which are shockingly powerful and sometimes filled with humour, new mothers attempt to express the intangible state in which they were connected to their baby. The honest retellings see the mothers reliving the scenes that took them aback, the coded messages, the dialogues taking place after a transfer of thoughts. From their accounts, the stories of how an unknown dimension, a new channel, where they could experience the joy of finding one another, their babies’ emotions, intentions, and even their character, unfold sensitively in front of the reader. Naturally, mothers with different personalities and attitudes approached their babies through differing pathways, thus experiencing contact at various levels of intensity. However, they are unanimous when it comes to the effects of prenatal bonding analysis. Following birth, there was recognition in the locked eyes of every mother and her baby, and gained proof through thousands of tiny signs of the already established relationship they had which needed not to be created, only continued. All mothers reported of their child’s psychologi- cal harmony, their happiness, trust, and the increased rate of their intellectual and motor-skill development. (The maturity and the intelligence quotient of children – well above their age level – who partook in bonding analysis have been confirmed via measurements of the latest studies.) Prenatal Bonding Analysis is an informative book for the average reader, for the parent expecting and planning for a child, for those interested in psychol- ogy, and all who are susceptible to the changes in the spiritual perspective of our time. In the first seven chapters, Jenő Raffai and György Hidas present, via the underlying science, in a clear manner rich in turns of phrase, the roots of prenatal psychology as well as the technique of bonding analysis. The enthral- ling, exciting first-hand accounts, which, as the editor of the book, I myself recorded, can be read in the second half. My co-authors, that is, the developers of the technique, György Hidas and Jenő Raffai, and I feel it important to attach an explanation to the third chap- ter, and thus allow the reader a glance into the inner workings of the process. Initially, our intention was to have the experts explain, in commentaries at the end of the interviews, a few potentially confounding events. However, being in possession of the transcripts, we decided that it would be a mistake to inter- rupt these experiences with dry, rational explanations – moreover, I should not even obstruct the flow of erupting emotions and memories with my questions; this would be overly pedantic, fastidious even. The arising questions thus do not remain open, for the reader can, to an extent, find an answer in the first chapters of the book, into which the authors have quasi pre-incorporated the commentaries. The content-appropriate format also revealed itself during the documenta- tion of the interviews, which, due to the informative nature of the book, is unusual. It turned out that these emotions and images surfacing from uncon- scious depths take shape best in a monologue format, well-known from drama
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