Infant Massage

The benefits of newborn and infant massage:

• facilitates the parent-infant bonding process in the development of warm, positive relationships              
• reduces stress responses to painful procedures
• reduces pain associated with teething and constipation
• reduces colic
• helps induce sleep
• makes parents feel good while they are massaging their infants
• the immune system is enhanced
• massage in general assists in organizing the nervous system

When you are taught baby massage, you not only learn how to massage your baby, you will also gain a better understanding of your babies communication; what different cries can mean, how to tell when your baby is becoming overwhelmed by watching for time out signals, and how to comfort your baby.

To schedule a baby massage in the privacy of your own home please contact me.

Benefits of Massage During Pregnancy

• Reduces stress, facilitates emotional and physical transitions through nurturing support.
• Reduces swelling and blood pressure, relieves varicose veins, and increases circulation.
• Facilitates hormonal, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary, and other physiological process during pregnancy.
• Reduces musculoskeletal strain and pain.
• Increases flexibility needed to actively participate in the birth process.
• Fosters nurturing maternal touch.

In Labor

• Contributes to shorter, less painful labor.
• Reduces labor complications, medications and interventions.
• Improves infant well-being.

In the Postpartum Period

• Facilitates postpartum emotional, physiological and family adjustments.
• Reduces musculoskeletal pain.
• Promotes structural realignment of the spine and pelvis and reorganization of movement.
• Contributes to rehabilitation of abdominal skin, muscles and organs.
• Relieves muscle strain caused by childcare activities.

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