Recognizing Maternity Acupressure Spots
For midwives and trained professionals, finding maternity acupressure spots can be easy, or even a matter of habit, but what if the expectant mother wants someone she feels more comfortable with performing the maternity acupressure while she is in labor? If the birthing partner she chooses has no experience with birthing a baby, the whole idea can seem daunting or even intimidating.
With a little research and practice, finding the maternity acupressure spots on the expectant mother can come as easily and naturally to her chosen birth partner as it would to a seasoned professional.
When these spots are practiced with, they become familiar and comfortable to find. Maternity acupressure spots, once utilized, can strengthen uterine contractions, help place the child in the womb into the birthing position and help the mother manage the pain of labor. This method has been used by women in a variety of circumstances, including first births, multiple births, as with twins, vaginal births after having Caesareans, or to induce labor in the cases of overdue pregnancies. Maternity acupressure has even been used to avoid Caesarean births altogether, and can be used by women with health problems that would otherwise complicate delivery. Using the maternity acupressure spots can also help put the baby in the birthing position, in the case of what would be breech births.
Practice is the key to success in any venture. With maternity acupressure spots, it will help to locate these three areas on the birthing partner’s body, as well as on the expectant mother’s body. While it is safe to find these spots on her body, they should never be massaged, or have pressure applied to them until time for labor to be induced. Maternity acupressure spots are very powerful areas for an expectan
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These are the three main maternity acupressure points the birthing partner should concentrate on practicing with:
1. The skin on the hand between the pointer finger and the thumb
2. The spot on the inside of the leg about an inch to an inch and a half above the anklebone
3. The spot on the small of the back about half an inch above the dimple over the buttocks
There are other areas of the body that can be used in maternity acupressure, but these three spots are the main ones used, so they should be learned first. If these spots are located on the soon-to-be mother’s body, they will feel sore, as if someone touched a bruise. However, in birth, these spots lose their tenderness and it is not painful to use them.
When finding and practicing with the maternity acupressure spots, the birthing partner should use lotion to prevent the rawness caused by repeated rubbing.
With practice finding these spots can become as natural for the partner as for the professional, giving the expectant mother an added comfort and aid in her time of need. Recognizing maternity acupressure spots can become as easy to find and use, giving the partner an opportunity to be a part of one of the biggest events in anyone’s life.
By: Ann Williams
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Maternity acupressure has been used successfully for thousands of years on millions of women. You can do maternity acupressure yourself or with a partner in the privacy of your own home.
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