The early period of Life comprises of the period of Preconception (about 90 days preceding physical conception), Pregnancy (9 months or 40 weeks) and Infancy (Date of Birth to around 2 years). Together, this period of 1100 days forms “The Golden Period of Life.”

The period of preconception, pregnancy and infancy form the three foundational stages of human life. In the past these have been considered as the early period of life and dealt with as a period of caring and nourishing for the child. Today, however, the impact of this early period on the subsequent phases of life has been discovered to be profound. What happens in the early stages defines the basic formative structure of a human-being. It subsequently manifests in every stage of life – including childhood, teenage and adulthood.

The period of preconception, pregnancy and infancy combine to form the “Golden Period of Life”.

Subsequently, the imprinting of the neural networks in a child takes shape by the age of about 5 years including the ‘Blooming and Pruning phases’; Hence the leading world organizations and governments are investing heavily spreading the awareness of the importance of Golden Period.