Pregnancy & Labour Massage
 
 
Pregnancy can put a strain on the body and massage can help to relieve aches and pains and other common health problems experienced during pregnancy.  Research has shown that the stress levels experienced by the mother can affect the unborn baby.  Massage has an indirect relaxing effect on the baby as the mother releases oxytocin (involved in social recognition and bonding, helps start or strengthen labour and reduce bleeding after delivery) and prolactin (aids the production of milk in the breasts for breast feeding) as a result of skin stimulation.  Generally the more relaxed a mother feels during pregnancy, the more relaxed her pregnancy and birth is likely to be.

Pregnancy Massage may help:
  1. •        Lower back pain
  2. •        Swelling of hands & feet
  3. •        Headaches
  4. •        Calf cramps
  5. •        Insomnia/Fatigue
  6. •        Sciatic pain
  7. •        Sinus congestion
  8. •        Muscular stiffness & cramp
  9. •        Mood swings
 
Learn how to massage during contractions and throughout labour so that support and relaxation can be offered to the mums-to-be.  Labour Massage lessons are for both you and your partner.

Labour Massage may help:
  1. •        Relaxing mother and child before childbirth
  2. •        Help regulate mothers breathing