Benefits of Indulging In a Prenatal Massage

With a new life growing inside you, all you need to do is relax and enjoy the perks of motherhood. However, the hectic schedule and obligations rarely let you spend time with yourself. At this moment, your body is facing a dramatic change with special needs. Having a massage helps you bring down all that stress that can be harmful for your baby. Prenatal massage has been designed to benefit both the mother and the unborn child. It enhances the capacity of the joints and muscles to carry the baby without hurting yourself. It also helps relieve mental and physical fatigue. 

Benefit of prenatal massage for your mind and body:

Prenatal massage includes wide variety of emotional, psychological and physiological benefits such as:

·         Alleviation of stress from the joints and muscle structures that help you bear the child.

·         Acts as a remedy for numerous discomforts and paint such as upper and lower back pain, leg cramp, sciatica, tension, muscle stiffness, knots, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, fatigue, heartburn, acid reflux, varicose veins, breathing shortness, nasal congestion, neck pain, edema, hip and joint pain, constipation and others.

• ·         Tends to increase the blood circulation in the body while providing increased amount of nutrition and oxygen to the fetus and mother.
• ·         Increased immunity and rapid toxin removal.
• ·         Stabilized level of hormones.
• ·         Relieves anxiety.
• ·         Facilitates the release of endorphins inside the body of the mother which helps them relax and soothe from the inside. This helps the mother sleep easily.
• ·         Helps maintain a better posture and better alignment of the spine.
• ·         Tones the muscles to increase the flexibility and helps the expectant mother carry the extra weight with ease.
• ·         Maintains the overall blood pressure.
• ·         Increases the flexibility of the skin, thus decreasing the intensity of stretch marks post pregnancy.
• ·         Helps the mother in easy delivery with relaxed pelvic muscles.
• ·         Natural alternative to pain relief drugs.
• ·         Emotional support from nonsexual touch by a human. 

Comfort in positioning:

Expecting mothers can book spa and massage online without the need of travelling all the way to the spa to book the same. Many spa service providers also provide home service so that the mother need not travel at all. Expert masseurs understand the complexity of pregnancy and ensure that you take up the best position while getting massaged. While getting massaged you can take the following positions as per your comfort:

• ·         Lie on the side with pillows propped up for support.
• ·         Custom designed maternity cushions are often used to allow the mothers to lie down with stomach facing downwards.
• ·         Semi-reclined position that provides ample support to the neck and back with required pillows.

Mothers also need to understand that self-massage should also be practiced at regular intervals when the services of a massage therapist are unavailable, especially between two prenatal appointments scheduled by you with your masseur. Therapists mostly encourage you to schedule an appointment at an interval of two weeks till you reach your third trimester. Post the completion of second trimester, you should get a massage every week.