Calahan Family Chiropractic

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Pain in pregnancy is NOT normal! I have had many conversations with birth workers, new moms, and especially my pregnant patients right now about what level of pain is normal in pregnancy. My answer: NONE! Is there some discomfort, uncomfortable and stretching that comes along with your body moving and expanding with your growing babe, YES. But, is true pain normal, NO. During this time that we are living in right now, I understand the caution of go...ing too many places and limiting your exposure to people who are not in your immediate household. However, I have noticed that this has especially been true for our soon-to-be and new mothers. One of my greatest passions is supporting families through their prenatal and postpartum care. This includes precautions taken in the office to make my patient feel comfortable coming into the office to be seen and evaluated to help them physically and emotionally through their pregnancies and postpartum. Please reach out to your local ICPA chiropractors and be seen if you are experiencing pain during your pregnancy because you can do something about it! I am certified through the ICPA in the Webster Technique. I love working with mamas to not only reduce the discomfort that they might be feeling but focusing on preparing their body and baby for the journey through labor, delivery, and postpartum. By detecting misalignments in the sacrum using the Webster Technique, we can affect the ligaments that attach the uterus to the bony structures around it. When the ligaments are all relaxed and not pulled tight on any one side or another, there is no pull on the uterus, allowing the baby to float and move to where he/she might want to go within the uterus. Babies have an inherent ability to move to where the optimal fetal position is. When we have a strain on a ligament in any one direction, it might pinch the uterus and decrease the amount of space that the baby has to move into this position. continued in comments

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Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours!

R E A D I N GL I S T! ! ! Surround and emerge yourself in all things B I R T H! There are so many books that are available to you to educate yourself AND your partner on the ideal birth that you want to have. Below I am going to start with a couple of books that have been essential to my pregnancies. Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth... If you are looking to having a natural, physiological childbirth then this is the book to start with. It is based off a midwifery model of care and the spontaneous labor in healthy women. She also focuses on the mind-body connection to how to give birth without interventions. Pam England Birthing from Within This book is an all encompassing book that looks at pregnancy through labor and delivery. She really dives deep into your emotions during pregnancy and gives exercises and activities to help face their thoughts and fears during pregnancy. Lily Nichols Real Food for Pregnancy Prenatal nutrition can be SOOOOO confusing. She breaks down what we need to eat and WHY! Genevieve Howland The Mama Natural Pregnancy and Childbirth She has created a fun and informative week-by-week guide that shows how beneficial and life-changing natural childbirth is for mama and babe. Tracey Donegan Mindful Pregnancy This book goes trimester by trimester to give you yoga, meditation, natural remedies, nutrition, and hypnobirthing techniques to guide you through each different stage. Bryn Huntpalmer Essential Pregnancy AMAZING! It is a Q&A style book that answers over 250 questions and has the input of a midwife, an OBGYN, a MFT and a doula. Its topics include: physical and emotional symptoms, food and nutrition, labor and childbirth, and taking care of yourself and baby after birth. Penny Simkin The Birth Partner Geared toward your partner on how to support woman through labor and delivery. It gives insight on preparing and knowing when it starts, how to help during, interventions, comfort measures, and breastfeeding and newborn #perinatal #icpa4kids #laboranddelivery #preparingforbirth #readinglist See more