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Maintaining the Health of Women During and After Pregnancy with Bowen Therapy.

Some tips and information from Brigid Fitzgerald about the benefits of Bowen Therapy.

Bowen Therapy can be very helpful for an easier birth and a healthy baby. It optimises Mum's health and posture and helps prepare her for the big event.

Bowen Therapy gives comfort and relief for the Mum-To-Be. It helps by relaxing the diaphragm and pelvic floor - this makes more room for the baby and eases the heartburn so often experienced at the end of pregnancy as the baby pushes up against her stomach. It's wonderful to see the relief felt by these women, leaving my clinic with a big smile on their face.

Some Bowen procedures can encourage the baby to be in the correct facedown position. Breech and transverse positions can both be helped. And the changes that happen to a woman's body before and during birth can be managed by using certain Bowen Techniques.

After the birth, Bowen can help with breastfeeding, easing the new Mum into a routine. If the baby is a difficult baby that doesn't want to sleep, Bowen can help the baby too. For exhausted Mum's the session itself is a well-earned break -- Bowen Therapy is the most relaxing modality I have ever experienced, many people just fall asleep on the table. This is something new mums dream about!! --Bowen Therapy keeps working on the body for 5-10 days after the treatment session, so there's a long term benefit from the session.

Baby Blues, or post-partum depression, can can hit like a sledge hammer when the Mum should be at her happiest and most contented. Balancing her body using Bowen helps this situation -- and in my experience the results can be phenomenal.