Postpartum Massage
A postpartum massage can offer you numerous benefits as you recover from the physical and emotional demands of childbirth. After pregnancy and childbirth, it's common to feel sore, fatigued and overwhelmed, and postpartum massage can help you cope with these challenges and support your transition into motherhood. By reducing pain and promoting healing, postpartum massage can help you feel more comfortable and relaxed, and also provide you with emotional support during this significant life transition. It can be a valuable part of your postnatal care regimen, helping you to take care of yourself and fully enjoy the experience of motherhood.
Benefits
- relaxes muscles
- increases circulation
- lowers stress hormones
- brings physical and emotional relief
- can relieve pain in the arms, shoulders, and back
- massaging the chest area also opens up the shoulders and can relieve breast pain
- can balance hormones, as well as your mood by increasing dopamine and serotonin through touch and relaxation
- the massage increases circulation and lymphatic drainage so that the body can effectively process excess fluid and restore balance
- can help ease fatigue, support relaxation, and improve the quality of sleep
- postpartum massage has shown to increase the lactation hormone prolactin, which increases milk production