Birth: Prenatal Balance

Birth: Prenatal Balance Support
~ Physiologic &/or Emotional Support for the Birth Giver ~
(for comfort, ease, & fetal position in pregnancy &/or for labor)

Prenatal balancing 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 labor/birth.

Appointment includes:
- Discussion of how birth giver, baby, and/or partner is doing, relevant history, and their needs and wishes;
- Demonstration &/or instruction of self-care practices the birth giver (& birth giver + partner/helper) can be doing throughout the rest of pregnancy to support well-being, balance, and space for baby.
  - Depending on the birth giver's needs & wishes, these practices will include physical techniques, energetic, and/or emotional support techniques;
- Guiding client(s) in performing exercises/practices (so the birthing person &/or partner/helper experiences how to perform them on their own);
- Facilitating the birth giver's practice of any of activities from start to finish (particularly recommended for activities requiring a helper when a partner/helper is not available, and the activity can last for an extended period of time); &/or
- Follow-up suggestions (which may include referrals to local practitioners offering complementary services).
Birth Givers who might be interested in this support include those who:
- Have concerns about their baby being in (or potentially being in) a breech or posterior position near the end of their pregnancy;
- Wish to create more space for their baby in the womb for labor, which may support ease and efficiency of labor;
- Suffer from aches, pains, and associated discomforts during pregnancy which may relate to imbalances that can be resolved or ameliorated with particular practices and self-care;
- Seek to address imbalances influenced by modern living or other recent or current repetitive habits, such as long car rides; many hours in front of computer, smartphone, or other technology; frequently carrying young children on one hip; history of wearing high heels; etc.;
- Hope to avoid "back labor" and/or otherwise prolonged and complicated labor that might be avoided or minimized with new practices and habits in pregnancy; &/or
- Worry that old or recent injury (such as falling on one's butt or tailbone, car accident, etc.) may be limiting comfort, movement &/or space for their baby.
How many Prenatal Balancing sessions? / How Long?: One prenatal session may be all you need &/or want! The first session is booked for at least 1.5 hours (although 2 or 2.5 hours may allow more time to take it slowly, offer more support, and not rush through everything). Subsequent sessions (if you want more) can last anywhere between 2.5 hours and 1 hour, depending on your needs, preferences, and comfort with the practices.
Choosing Between Single or Package Pricing: You may book your Balancing 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 a TRE® session (which you can consider as a postpartum balancing session) after you have recovered from giving birth.

(See also limited time offer for a free add-on of hands-on assessment &/or bodywork techniques to support comfort and balance.)

**Please see here for rate details (service areas, package rates, etc.)

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

AUGUST 2018 ONLY

FREE add-on to Prenatal Balance Support ("PBS") of Integral Touch of Birth assessment* &/or bodywork techniques to support the Birth Giver's comfort and/or space for fetal positioning. NOTE:

This offer is available to those who book a 2 hour or longer PBS appointment, and will occur at the same visit, immediately following the PBS segment.
The amount of this segment may vary from 15 to 30 minutes.

*Any observation from any assessment technique is just as a "suspect-ition," and is not a diagnosis or statement of fact about your body.

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

Birth Doula

Birth Recovery

Bodywork

TRE®/Self-Care

“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.”
~Gandalf (character in JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings)

For more quotes/passages that I love & find inspirational for bringing new life into this world, please see here.