At Blooming Baby your comfort and contentment are our top priorities.   We want you to feel this as soon as you walk into the door.  As an expectant mother you are experiencing unique physical and emotional changes. Your skeletal structure now supports a rapidly increasing amount of weight.  Your organs shift to accommodate the baby; you are going through significant emotional and psychological changes as you adjust to new hormonal levels.

The purpose of regular massage work during pregnancy is to stretch and relax overworked and shortened muscles that have tightened to protect the joints.  The joints lose their integrity due to a hormone called relaxin which allows the uterus to stretch, but relaxin also softens the tendons and ligaments.  The hip and pelvic area is especially affected. Other specific issues include low back pain, sore hips, headaches, carpel tunnel syndrome, and cramping in the calves.  All of these are individually addressed during a prenatal massage.  Another purpose of a regular massage is to increase circulation; the baby benefits too from this increase.

The goal of a prenatal massage is to maximize comfort throughout the pregnancy and to help maintain ease of movement in walking.