Making Massage Part of Your Prenatal HealthCare Plan

There’s the conception plan, check. The birth plan, check. What about the healthcare plan? The pursuit of wellness and preventive care has become more popular with each passing year. Health insurance companies have adopted wellness branches of their services where customers can have a directory because the demand is growing.

There’s no time like your pregnancy to reflect on how disciplined you have been with caring for your body. Habits such as eating healthy and exercising become a reality. Unfortunately for some, pregnancy has become an excuse to become a member of the all-you-can eat club. Many of these habits can be rooted in cultural differences.

Fortunately, the resources in today’s era have given pregnant women the ability to have access to a world of knowledge and professionals that can help them lead a healthier life.

There are more small business owners that have started their own health-conscious businesses in helping others lead a healthier lifestyle. Pregnancy should give you a heightened awareness and strong motivation for adopting new ways to care for your body.

Fitting in Massage

The biggest misconception about massage in the decades past is that it cause premature delivery and it was dangerous for the first trimester. However, you have women that cross marathons and exercise vigorously without even knowing they are pregnant and manage to not only keep their child safe but also continue their routine. More often than not, most women don’t know they are pregnant until they are half way through or ending their first trimester if the pregnancy is unplanned.

Fitting in massage into the first trimester is no different. Unless intense stretching and abdominal massage is being performed, a massage during the beginning or continuing your massage sessions into your pregnancy will be an added bonus to the changes your body will be soon going through.

Nausea and Vomiting

Intense nausea and vomiting is known as Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) and is extremely uncomfortable. If you’re experiencing this during pregnancy , it’s best to wait to schedule your prenatal massage sessions until you have passed this period. With severe nausea your motivation to move around much will decrease significantly and unfortunately a massage cannot alleviate these symptoms. However some mommies to be do not experience this at all and aside from slight fatigue and the occasional sleepiness, they continue to work and run errands.

Pregnancy Body Awareness

Massage during pregnancy gives you the unique gift and getting to know your body in a new way. As the prenatal massage kneads away muscle tension, you begin to recognize where your muscles are holding tension. Some of these places might be new for you as your belly weight begins to grow and certain muscles contract. Your body will experience changes in hold tension in areas of your body and although temporary this new muscular tension can cause great discomfort and lessen your energy and ability to move.

Your Prenatal Plan

Your healthcare plan during pregnancy means learning how to adapt natural products in your skin care and body routine, eating healthier, staying fit for the day of delivery and decreasing stress levels and correcting muscular tension in your body. All of this on a regular basis leads for a happy and healthy pregnancy.