Birth: Prenatal Balance

Birth: Prenatal Balance Support

~ Physiologic &/or Emotional Support for the Birth Giver ~
(for well-being, comfort, ease, &/or fetal position in pregnancy &/or for birthing)

Prenatal balance appointments are available to anyone who seeks to reduce physical and/or emotional tension for comfort, ease, and/or fetal position support during pregnancy and/or in preparation for birthing (aka "labor").

“Relaxin is not your ticket to relaxin'. In fact, the fact that relaxin is there at all really requires you to work back to your natural alignment ASAP to prevent tissue damage and have an optimal delivery." ~Katy Bowman, M.S. in Aligning or Relaxin Before Pregnancy?

Appointment includes:
- Discussion of how the Birth Giver, baby, and/or partner is doing, relevant history, and their needs and wishes;
- Instruction/demonstration of self-care practices the Birth Giver can be doing throughout the rest of pregnancy to support well-being, comfort, balance, and/or space for baby;
  - Depending on the Birth Giver's needs & wishes, I offer physical, energetic, and/or emotional support techniques;
- Instruction/demonstration of gentle partnered activities the Birth Giver can be doing with a helper throughout the rest of pregnancy to further support well-being, comfort, balance, and/or space for baby;
  - Any partner/helper who will be assisting the Birth Giver with these activities throughout the rest of the pregnancy are asked to attend the appointment(s) in order to watch and practice these activities;
- Guiding client(s) in performing exercises/practices (so the Birth Giver &/or partner/helper experiences how to perform them on their own);
- Facilitating the Birth Giver's practice of any or all of the activities from start to finish (particularly recommended for activities requiring a helper when a helper is not available); &/or
- Suggestions/referrals for other complementary resources/providers.
Birth Givers who might be interested in this support include those who:
- Suffer from (or hope to prevent or minimize) common aches, pains, and associated discomforts during pregnancy which may relate to imbalances which can be resolved or ameliorated with particular practices and self-care;
- Have concerns about their babies being in (or potentially being in) a breech, transverse, or posterior position in the final months of their pregnancy;
- Wish to create more space for their babies in the womb for birthing, which may support ease and efficiency of birthing;
- Seek to address imbalances influenced by modern living or other recent or current repetitive habits, such as long car rides; frequent driving; many hours spent stationary in front of computer &/or TV; frequently carrying young children on one hip; history of wearing high heels; etc.;
- Hope to avoid "back labor" and/or otherwise prolonged and complicated birthing that might be avoided or minimized with new practices and habits in pregnancy; &/or
- Worry that an old or recent injury (such as falling on one's butt or tailbone, car accident, etc.) or surgery may be limiting comfort, movement, &/or space for their babies.
How many Prenatal Balance Support sessions? / How Long?: One prenatal session may be all you need &/or want. The first session is usually booked for at least 2.5 hours, depending on circumstances and goals/needs of the family. For example, if baby is breech late in the pregnancy, usually booking at least 3 hours is helpful (to address extra content specific to that situation). Subsequent sessions (if you want more) can be booked for 1 hour or longer, depending on your needs, preferences, comfort, and confidence with the practices.
- If you do not have a helper who is available to support you with the partnered exercises, you may schedule additional sessions with me during which I can serve as your helper for those exercises -- especially if concerned about a baby who is transverse or breech in the final 2 months of your pregnancy.
Choosing Between Single or Package Pricing: You may book your Prenatal Balance sessions with me one at a time, or to take advantage of a discount, you can buy a package. If you buy a package and don't end up using all the sessions before your birth, the unused sessions can be used for TRE® or Physiologic Recovery Care (which you can consider as a postpartum balance session) in the Fourth Trimester (first 3 months after the birth).
- My Birth Doula clients who would like to book a follow-up appointment for Prenatal Balance support are entitled to a discount off of my hourly rate, as described in my Birth Doula package.

Please see here for hourly & package rates, etc.

Partners who seek emotional and/or physical balance support might benefit from my Breema® Bodywork, TRE®, &/or other Self-Care support services.

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“it is not the physiological state of pregnancy that is responsible for pain, but the alignment and gait habits that a woman brings to her pregnancy that is the underlying cause." ~Katy Bowman, M.S. in Pregnancy and Pain

~ Soizig's Other Services ~
These services can be provided on their own and/or in combination with the Prenatal Balance services, described above.

Birth Doula

Perinatal Consult

Birth Recovery

Bodywork

TRE®

Yoga

Self-Breema®