Chiropractic and Pregnancy: Greater Comfort and Safer Births
Jeanne Ohm, D.C.
How can chiropractic add comfort?
Chiropractic care in pregnancy is an essential ingredient to your prenatal
care choices. A large percent of all pregnant women experience back
discomfort/ pain during pregnancy. This is due to the rapid growth of the
baby and an interference to your body’s normal structural adaptations to
that growth.
Preexisting unnoticed imbalances in your spine and pelvis become overtaxed
during these times. The added stresses lead to discomfort and difficulty while
performing routine, daily activities. Chiropractic care throughout pregnancy
can relieve and even prevent the common discomforts experienced in
pregnancy. Specific adjustments eliminate these stresses in your spine, restore
balance to your pelvis and result in greater comfort and lifestyle
improvements.
Comfort for your baby, too.
As your baby develops, your uterus enlarges to accommodate the rapid
growth. So long as the pelvis is in a balanced state, the ligaments connected
to the uterus maintain an equalized, supportive suspension for the uterus. If
your pelvis is out of balance in any way, these ligaments become torqued
and twisted, causing a condition known as constraint to your uterus. This
constraint limits the space of the developing baby. Any compromised position
for the baby throughout pregnancy will affect his or her optimal
development. Conditions such as torticollis occur because a baby’s space
was cramped in utero.
If the woman’s uterus is constrained as birth approaches, the baby is
prevented from getting into the best possible position for birth. Even if the
baby is in the desirable head down position, often times constraint to the
uterus affects the baby’s head from moving into the ideal presentation for
delivery. The head may be slightly tilted off to one side or even more
traumatically, present in the posterior position. Any baby position even slightly
off during birth will slow down labor, and add pain to both the mother and
baby. Many women have been told that their babies were too big, or labor
“just slowed down” when it was really the baby’s presentation interfering with
the normal process and progression. Avoidable interventions are
implemented turing a natural process into an operative one.
Doctors of Chiropractic work specifically with your pelvis throughout
pregnancy restoring a state of balance and creating an environment for an
easier, safer delivery.
Preparing for a Safer Birth
Dystocia is defined as difficult labor and is something every woman wants to
avoid. In addition to the pain and exhaustion caused by long, difficult labors,
dystocia leads to multiple, medical interventions which may be physically
and emotionally traumatic to both you and your baby. Some of these
interventions are the administering of pitocin, the use of epidurals, painful
episiotomies, forceful pulling on the baby’s fragile spine, vacuum extraction,
forceps and perhaps even c-sections. Each of these procedures carry a high
risk of injury to you, your baby or both! However, all of these procedures used
to hasten the delivery process can be avoided if delivery goes more smoothly
to begin with.
When reviewing the obstetric texts, the reported reasons for dystocia are
caused by pelvic imbalance and its resulting effects on your uterus and your
baby’s position. Chiropractic care throughout pregnancy restores balance to
your pelvic muscles and ligaments and therefore leads to safer and easier
deliveries for you and your baby. Additionally, the chiropractic adjustment
removes interference to the nervous system allowing your uterus to function at
its maximum potential. Published studies have indicated that chiropractic
care does in fact reduce labor time.
We offer specific analysis and adjustments for your special needs in
pregnancy. You and your baby’s continued safety and comfort is primary in
our care. This pregnancy, offer yourself the best! Include the many benefits
chiropractic offers in your prenatal care choices. Call for your individual
consultation. Give you and your baby the opportunity for a more
comfortable pregnancy and a safer, easier birth!
Originally Published in I.C.P.A. Newsletter May-June 2002
Jeanne Ohm, D.C.
How can chiropractic add comfort?
Chiropractic care in pregnancy is an essential ingredient to your prenatal
care choices. A large percent of all pregnant women experience back
discomfort/ pain during pregnancy. This is due to the rapid growth of the
baby and an interference to your body’s normal structural adaptations to
that growth.
Preexisting unnoticed imbalances in your spine and pelvis become overtaxed
during these times. The added stresses lead to discomfort and difficulty while
performing routine, daily activities. Chiropractic care throughout pregnancy
can relieve and even prevent the common discomforts experienced in
pregnancy. Specific adjustments eliminate these stresses in your spine, restore
balance to your pelvis and result in greater comfort and lifestyle
improvements.
Comfort for your baby, too.
As your baby develops, your uterus enlarges to accommodate the rapid
growth. So long as the pelvis is in a balanced state, the ligaments connected
to the uterus maintain an equalized, supportive suspension for the uterus. If
your pelvis is out of balance in any way, these ligaments become torqued
and twisted, causing a condition known as constraint to your uterus. This
constraint limits the space of the developing baby. Any compromised position
for the baby throughout pregnancy will affect his or her optimal
development. Conditions such as torticollis occur because a baby’s space
was cramped in utero.
If the woman’s uterus is constrained as birth approaches, the baby is
prevented from getting into the best possible position for birth. Even if the
baby is in the desirable head down position, often times constraint to the
uterus affects the baby’s head from moving into the ideal presentation for
delivery. The head may be slightly tilted off to one side or even more
traumatically, present in the posterior position. Any baby position even slightly
off during birth will slow down labor, and add pain to both the mother and
baby. Many women have been told that their babies were too big, or labor
“just slowed down” when it was really the baby’s presentation interfering with
the normal process and progression. Avoidable interventions are
implemented turing a natural process into an operative one.
Doctors of Chiropractic work specifically with your pelvis throughout
pregnancy restoring a state of balance and creating an environment for an
easier, safer delivery.
Preparing for a Safer Birth
Dystocia is defined as difficult labor and is something every woman wants to
avoid. In addition to the pain and exhaustion caused by long, difficult labors,
dystocia leads to multiple, medical interventions which may be physically
and emotionally traumatic to both you and your baby. Some of these
interventions are the administering of pitocin, the use of epidurals, painful
episiotomies, forceful pulling on the baby’s fragile spine, vacuum extraction,
forceps and perhaps even c-sections. Each of these procedures carry a high
risk of injury to you, your baby or both! However, all of these procedures used
to hasten the delivery process can be avoided if delivery goes more smoothly
to begin with.
When reviewing the obstetric texts, the reported reasons for dystocia are
caused by pelvic imbalance and its resulting effects on your uterus and your
baby’s position. Chiropractic care throughout pregnancy restores balance to
your pelvic muscles and ligaments and therefore leads to safer and easier
deliveries for you and your baby. Additionally, the chiropractic adjustment
removes interference to the nervous system allowing your uterus to function at
its maximum potential. Published studies have indicated that chiropractic
care does in fact reduce labor time.
We offer specific analysis and adjustments for your special needs in
pregnancy. You and your baby’s continued safety and comfort is primary in
our care. This pregnancy, offer yourself the best! Include the many benefits
chiropractic offers in your prenatal care choices. Call for your individual
consultation. Give you and your baby the opportunity for a more
comfortable pregnancy and a safer, easier birth!
Originally Published in I.C.P.A. Newsletter May-June 2002
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