Maternity Reflexology

Maternity reflexology may assist you on the journey to becoming pregnant, optimise your health throughout your pregnancy, and support your recovery after the birth. Whatever stage you are at — planning, expecting or newly delivered — each treatment is individually prepared around your changing needs.

Pre-conception reflexology

On your way to parenthood, pre-conception reflexology can help with your preparations, encouraging the beneficial lifestyle balances that may assist conception. Every client receives an individually prepared treatment programme, fully compatible with either a natural or an IVF conception plan.

While reflexology is often suggested for the final phase of pregnancy, it can support your changing needs much earlier: in the build-up to conceiving, through every stage of pregnancy, and even as part of your birth plan. This specialist therapy also assists with the physical adaptations that occur immediately after a birth.

Family planning reflexology

A structured plan designed to support you and your partner as you prepare for a family. The treatments encourage your body’s natural restorative processes, with a massage that works from the inside out — creating a calm, deeply nourishing and relaxed state that can help release physical tension and build emotional wellbeing.

Treatments respond to your individual needs, and to your needs as a couple, adapting the focus of each appointment to your changing circumstances.

Birth preparation reflexology

These treatments are designed specifically for the final week of your pregnancy, or for when you are past your due date. Balancing and targeted reflexology helps you prepare for the birth, with sessions intended to be given within a period of a few days. Many mothers find they bring welcome relief in the very last stages of pregnancy.

Post-natal care reflexology

Post-natal reflexology helps new mothers recover by encouraging hormonal balance, easing fatigue and supporting the adjustment to the physical changes in your body. Treatments encourage pain relief in areas such as the upper and lower back, shoulders and breasts, and offer specific assistance with unexpected symptoms such as:

• After-pain cramps
• Incontinence
• Haemorrhoids
• Sweating
• Swelling (oedema)
• Bloodshot eyes

What to expect at your appointment

Your first session begins with a full consultation covering your health, your pregnancy or conception plans, and what you hope the treatments will achieve. You remain fully clothed apart from shoes and socks, resting comfortably while precise, gentle pressure is applied to the reflex points of your feet. Most mothers-to-be find the sessions deeply restful — a rare hour of genuine calm — and your practitioner will adapt each appointment as your pregnancy progresses.