Obstetrics are infant delivery medical interventions, which may result in a physically and emotionally traumatic birth, which imposes challenges to essential mother-baby bonding. These birth traumas change the baby, with resulting physical and emotional harm. The purpose of this capstone is to educate the occupational therapist (OT) on the existence of birth trauma and how to identify an infant’s possible physical and emotional developmental delays resulting from the experience. OT intervention may enrich the lives of the infant and the family, so they can participate in daily occupation. With the recognition of delays in the baby’s development, early interventions by the OT could serve to help the infants to overcome or improve their motor and emotional dysfunctions. In reviewing the evidence-based literature, there is a lack of information for identifying alternative treatment techniques available to support birth issues. By providing an evaluation and treatment for physical and emotional birth trauma issues, the OT can support the infant and family’s ability to participate in their life’s occupations.
