Massage has many added benefits for your baby, including improving weight gain, aiding digestion, improving circulation, and easing teething pain. Massage is a great way for you and your partner to bond with your baby
Baby massage is gentle, rhythmic stroking of your baby's body with your hands. You can use oils or a moisturiser to help your hands to gently massage over your baby's skin.
The soothing strokes of your hands stimulate the production of the feel-good hormone oxytocin in you and your baby.
Pregnancy massage in the comfort of your own home is a great way to relieve the physical discomfort and emotional stress that can accompany pregnancy. It relaxes the mind and body, relieves muscular tension, promotes wellbeing and improves sleep. Massage can also be beneficial post pregnancy. As well as giving you some 'me time', it promotes muscle healing and spinal alignment, important factors that assist in returning your body to its pre-pregnancy state.
Belinda Archer has been a fully qualified Holistic and Beauty Therapist since 2006.
Belinda is a member of and is fully insured by The Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) under registration number 113313.
