Pregnancy Massage

I am surprised when my clients tell me they waited until the end of the 12th week before coming for a massage!  With a trained Pregnancy Massage Therapist, there should be no reason to wait until that time.  If you think about it, women who have regular massages might be having a massage within the first few weeks without knowing it!  So, if you need a massage and your nausea/vomiting is manageable, then come and see me for a rewarding, time out, relaxation and therapeutic massage.

Benefits of Massage during Pregnancy

• Promotes vitality and decreases fatigue;
• Helps to soothe and relax nervous tension which can improve your sleep;
• Improves muscular flexibility which can be helpful during the last trimester and birth itself;
• Relieves discomforts of an expanding body including backache, leg cramps and swelling to ankles and feet;
• Can relieve anxiety or depression caused by hormonal changes.

​Cost of Services

Pregnancy Massage (Swedish Massage only as it is a gentler technique)
Initial Consultation incl History             75 Minutes        $95
Repeat Consultation                                60 Minutes        $85

Postpartum Care Massage in first 4 weeks after childbirth - Home Visit  Swedish Massage  60 Minutes  $85
If you did not have Pregnancy Massage with me, I cannot guarantee a home visit spot for you, sorry! This price offered to those in 3064 area and outside that may incur an additional cost from $10-$30.

​After 4 weeks either continued home visits or can come to clinic:
Swedish Massage in clinic     60 Minutes      $85
Ayurvedic Massage in clinic   90 Minutes    $115
 Home Visit Swedish Massage 60 Minutes   $165

Postpartum Care

One of the things not covered in massage school was the vital importance of mum's recovery in the first 6 weeks post childbirth.  Actually, it is simply a reflection of our Western Culture and the focus on the baby and the baby's health and development over the top of mothers health.  However, unless mum is healthy or regaining her health, how can the baby gain health from its source of life, it's mother?

Benefits of Home Visit Massage first 6 weeks Post Childbirth

• Mum gets to stay home and rest - extremely important if she is to regain her health quickly.  If she does not recover well in the first 6 weeks post childbirth, it can take many years to recover.  Consider the number of women having babies every 2 to 3 years!  You must recover from one before you start the next.  You would not run your car on an empty tank - why would you run your body??
• Massage will help her body to heal by both removing toxins and improving oxygen flow - a weekly massage would be best if you cannot afford one several times a week;
• As mentioned above, massage will promote vitality and decreases fatigue - just what you need at this time, right?;
• As above, helps to soothe and relax nervous tension and provide grounding, which can improve your sleep.  This is extremely important at this time;
• Can relieve anxiety or depression caused by hormonal changes - just what you really need.  I think if we can help prevent postnatal depression then we are doing our community a great favour!

But don't stop there!  Six weeks is just the beginning.  Everyone varies so if you need to continue weekly for 12 weeks or 20 weeks, then that is what you should do.  Once you feel like you have recovered then you can return to a fortnightly or monthly massage, as you prefer.  Don't forget, childbirth is not the end it is the beginning.  You are going to have many episodes of sleep challenges and stress for at least the next 40 years ... or forever!!  Ask your mother and/or grandmother!!

Sophia Cull
Massage Therapist, ​Pregnancy Massage Practitioner & Postpartum Care Massage Therapist