Why Should Pregnant and Postpartum People Get Bodywork?
Studies show that people who receive loving touch during their pregnancies are better able to provide loving touch to their newborn infants. Touch is necessary for a newborn’s survival. It also enhances infant-parental bonding. Infant-parental bonds create the foundation for healthier communities and a saner world.
Prenatal CST
Craniosacral Therapy techniques enhance the mobility in a pregnant person’s body including the pelvis, the abdominal organs, the support structures and lower segment of the uterus. Babies who have more room to grow and move during gestation are less likely to develop conditions like torticollis (and the resultant positional plagiocephaly), hip dysplasia and scoliosis. They are less likely to lodge in the parental pelvis in a less than ideal birth position such as occiput posterior, military or asynclitic. This means that they are more inclined to be born normally – without surgery, forceps or vacuum extractors. Their labors have a better chance of beginning on time and progressing efficiently.
Postpartum CST
The attention a person receives during pregnancy is often withdrawn and transferred to the baby after the birth. It’s important for the new parent to continue to be nurtured when most of their energy is spent nurturing a new baby. It is beneficial for the whole family when a new parent receives focused attention just for them.
A postpartum treatment focuses on structural realignment of the spine and pelvis and rehabilitation of the body structures overworked or weakened during pregnancy. It facilitates healing, especially for those who have experienced cesarean births. New parents receive instruction on how best to help themselves recover strength and balance in their bodies while adjusting to the demands of carrying and caring for a newborn.
Someone who has experienced a complicated birth may feel traumatized. They may grieve the loss of the birth experience they had planned. Postpartum CST helps the new parent process and integrate their birth experience in a way that is physically and emotionally healthy.
Preconception and Fertility CST
Why wait until pregnancy? People who are planning to conceive and people who are working toward fertility or undergoing fertility treatments are also ideal candidates for for CST. Remember, structure and function are interrelated. We can help.