EmpowerNatal
Holistic Maternity Support
Promoting labour for 'postdates' pregnancy
suitable from 40 weeks
Option to choose a package or a single session (depending on your needs)
It is normal to feel healthy stress about labour and birth. When the time is right, labour will begin naturally!
Your ‘due date’ at 40 weeks is simply an estimate of the gestation of your baby and not a fixed cutoff date of your baby's arrival. Research shows that, especially with a first baby, it is more likely you will give birth after this date.
Some women may choose to decline a routine 'postdates' medical induction and continue their pregnancy until 42 weeks (the end of ‘term’), while others may choose to go beyond this. Understanding the risks and benefits by weighing all options ensures you make the most informed decision. And, ultimately the decision is yours!
Promoting labour, regardless of the method, can be seen as an intervention in the natural course of the pregnancy.
You may feel anxious of when you may go into labour and these sessions may feel right for you!
I use a combination of therapies that work together to promote the onset of labour. It involves the therapeutic effects of acupressure, reflexology, aromatherapy and massage.
If you and baby are ready, it may assist in starting labour by:
🪷 supporting the baby to move down into the pelvis
🪷 ripening the cervix
🪷 gently stimulate the onset of contractions
Reported data shows the combination of these therapies:
🌿 reduces medical induction of labour for 'postdates' pregnancy (routinely recommended in the maternity system)
🌿 reduces chances of intervention in labour
The therapies offered in these sessions help reduce stress hormones (cortisol and adrenaline), stimulate the love and birth hormone (oxytocin), creating the optimal conditions for labour to start. The care provided goes beyond labour promotion, you will be offered body movement exercises to balance your body, which can also be taught to you and your partner for use during labour.
This is a space for you to explore your options, receive valuable evidence-based information, ease anxieties, feel calm, confident, and fully supported by me who has time for you.
These sessions are dedicated to healthy pregnancies beyond 40 weeks. They are not suitable for pregnancies with certain medical complications, as interventions may be recommended.
Promoting labour 'postdates' package
£ 190
You may wish to have your birthing partner nearby to learn supportive ‘tools’ to use in labour and continue treatment at home. The remainder of the aromatherapy blend will be given to you.
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