Body Balancing

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Heather has been studying Spinning Babies^® since 2010 and has attended various trainings that have helped her to grow and enhance her body balancing techniques. Trainings such as body balancing, Spinning Babies^®, breech, and shoulder dystocia helped her to be well rounded in her techniques and to know the pregnancy body well. She is a Spinning Babies^® Aware Practitioner, which means that she has completed the Spinning Babies^® Professional Bodywork Education requirements.

What are some benefits of body work?

Incorporates labor preparation activities
Eases discomforts in pregnancy (hip pain, back pain, heartburn, shortness of breath, swelling, sciatica and pubic bone pain)
Optimizes Baby’s position (including posterior, breech, and twins)
Promotes Postpartum Recovery

Are there any contraindications for body balancing in pregnancy?

If you have high blood pressure or glaucoma, signs of preterm labor or vaginal bleeding you are limited as to what positions or stretches can be done. But you and baby will still benefit from Heather’s one on one care.

What body balancing services do you provide?

You can benefit from body balancing sessions throughout your pregnancy and postpartum recovery. These sessions help ease your body through its various transitions.

Spinning Babies^® Sessions

Spinning Babies^{^®} is a body balancing technique used during pregnancy. These sessions help your baby get into an optimal position for birth and promote your comfort. You will learn daily activities that will lengthen your muscles and increase your range of motion.Heather recommends starting these sessions when you are 20 weeks pregnant.
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Does Heather perform External Cephalic Versions?

Heather has found that body balancing body work is not only useful but essential prior to having this procedure performed. In most cases, by softening tissues, we can hope that turning the baby isn’t as painful and the baby can turn more easily if that is what is chosen by the parents. Many times after a few balancing sessions, babies move on their own into a head down position. But ultimately she trusts that baby knows best.

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