The primal wound is a term that was coined by Nancy Verrier. She had been a biological mother and an adoptive mother and she saw the differences. She did a lot of research. She looked into the attachment research and she looked in the adoption research. There was this pink elephant in the room about: What happens when you take a baby from its mother at birth. The fact is that it is a traumatic experience for the baby. A biological mother regulates her baby's heart rate, respiration, and blood flow. All of these things are regulated between mother and baby. When you separate them, it's a big trauma. Adoptive parents need to be aware of that. They need to do a lot of holding, not taking it personally if that baby is crying or if that baby is shut down. That's some of the ways the baby processes it. Just be there and have an awareness of what the baby has gone through.