Pregnancy
Keeping your spine healthy is one of the best things you can do while pregnant - it helps to keep your body as healthy and strong as possible, so it can handle the rigors of pregnancy and childbirth. If there is one group of people who need Chiropractic more than any other, it is pregnant women.
Drugless Healthcare
Another excellent reason for seeing a Chiropractor is that it is a drugless healthcare system - drugs (whether prescription or over-the-counter) can harm the growing fetus. There is no such thing as a safe drug. The safest thing for a pregnant woman to do is avoid all drugs and seek natural non-drug alternatives wherever possible. Some common substances which can harm the mother and fetus include antibiotics (including tetracycline), aspirin, alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and cocaine.
Pregnant Women Have Special Concerns
With numerous things to worry about - including staying pregnant, carrying the baby to full term, the baby's development, morning sickness, backaches, leg pains and most of all - the labour process! Chiropractors have been performing spinal adjustments on pregnant women for over a hundred years and have noted that Chiropractic care can help maintain pregnancy, control vomiting, deliver full-term infants with ease and produce healthier infants.
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Manipulation therapy (such as Chiropractic) normalises the functions of various systems within the body which shortens the labour and lessens medication requirement. Post-partum depression is a rarity in Chiropractic patients.
Webster Breech Technique
One of the latest developments in chiropractic pre-natal care has been a method of correcting breech presentations in which the baby is not positioned properly for birth. Developed by the late Larry Webster D.C. of the American International Pediatric Association, Chiropractors are able to release stress on the pregnant woman's pelvis and cause relaxation to the uterus so that the baby will turn naturally. Doctor Webster stated that it is "up to 94% successful in turning babies in utero so that they can be delivered easily".
Common Questions & Answers About Chiropractic And Pregnancy
Is Chiropractic care safe in pregnancy?
Very safe and sensible for both mother and baby.
Is it difficult to receive an adjustment when pregnant?
Not at all. Chiropractors are trained in adjusting the spines of pregnant women.
How late in pregnancy is it possible to receive an adjustment?
Patients have even received adjustments whilst in labour!
Can my baby receive chiropractic care?
Infants no more than a few hours old have been given spinal check-ups and adjustments (if needed).
