Maternity Reflexology
Supporting women during pregnancy to reduce stress and anxiety and to improve sleep, to alleviate symptoms of constipation, indigestion, water retention, back pain, sciatica, urinary tract and breathlessness. Maternity Reflexology helps preparing your body for labour to reduce labour time and pain. Post-natal Reflexology can help you regain balance and vitality on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.
Benefits
- Stress and anxiety relief
- Lymphatic drainage improvement
- Constipation relief
- Back pain relief
- Headaches relief
- Sleep improvement
- Morning sickness reduction
- Endocrine system improvement to ease the labour process
- oedema relief
What to expect?
Our MNRRI registered Reflexologist is trained in maternity methods and will devise a safe treatment plan for the different stages of your pregnancy. Any disorders will be taken into account and treated accordingly in safety. Although mild discomfort can sometimes be felt where there is an energy imbalance, there should be no pain felt at any stage.
General Recommendations
We advise to wait though until you are 16 weeks pregnant or more and have had your first scan before you start your Maternity Reflexology treatment with us. Several sessions are advised as the effects of Maternity Reflexology are cumulative. Please note Reflexology during pregnancy is not indicated if there’s a risk of miscarriage, eclampsia, blood clotting history, placenta praevia, placental separation, history of unstable diabetes or deep vein thrombosis.
In general a monthly treatment is advisable until the 37th week then a once a week treatment will be recommended until the end of the pregnancy.
If you’re having some health problems associated with pregnancy, more Maternity Reflexology treatments will be recommended to assist you during this time for better comfort.
Following the 37th week of pregnancy, Maternity Reflexology with Preparation for Labour will be offered.
It is advisable to have at least two normal Reflexology treatments before doing Labour Preparation.
Postnatal Reflexology
To support changes in your body and to restore balance addressing physical, mental and emotional problems: pain in the pelvic area, lactation, shoulders, backache, constipation, low mood, fatigue and stress.
Make a Maternity Reflexology Session Appointment
To make an appointment simply use our booking system below or call us.
Private Health Insurance Cover & Money Back
Serene Reflexology practitioners are registered reflexologists with full MNRRI membership accredited by VHI Healthcare, Laya Healthcare, Aviva, Irish Life Health and GLO Health for reflexology treatment which means clients who have a policy with any of these Health Insurers may be eligible for a refund for some of their Reflexology costs depending on their level of cover – this applies only to clients from the Republic of Ireland.
