Gentle Healing Touch

Prenatal Massage: Research has confirmed what intuition has proven since the dawn of time: compassionate touch has profound healing effects. During pregnancy, a woman’s body undergoes tremendous physical changes: muscle stretching, weight gain, ligaments softening, center of gravity shift, lack of sleep. Emotional changes occur also from change of hormone levels, concern of lifestyle changes and feelings about physical changes. Through gentle healing touch Doula services include: 24/7 on-call availability Birth Preferences counseling Continuity of care throughout labor and birth Prenatal visits Education to make informed choices Physical, emotional, relaxation support Breastfeeding support and referral to professionals when necessary The HypnoBirthing method of childbirth education incorporates the use of self-hypnosis to attain profound relaxation in labor. By understanding the process of birth and eliminating the fears that society has instilled in women concerning labor, a woman can come to a place of trust in herself and in her body to birth her baby in the most gentle way she can.