Mama-To-Be Getting Adjusted for Baby

When you hear the term "chiropractor", you likely think of alleviating joint pain.  The joint pain you feel is caused by three things: (1) Physical injury, (2), Chemical through exposure to toxins in our environment or food, and (3) Mental or negative thinking.  Getting adjusted by a chiropractor helps your body heal. Think of an adjustment as a one-way street up to your brain. Motion travels up your spine, sends a message to your brain and turns off the pain signal. The brain also sends a shorter message to your muscles telling them to relax and stop spasming. Neurology 101.

This neurology-based chain reaction can alleviate pain in your body at any time, especially during pregnancy! For women, pregnancy can be one of the most rewarding, and uncomfortable, periods of time. The body experiences continual physiologic and structural changes during this time and chiropractic care can help women have a comfortable, relaxing and healthy pregnancy. Getting adjusted can help the mama-to-be with back pain while she's building a babe. Other benefits of chiropractic care during pregnancy include controlling symptoms of nausea, reducing labor and delivery time, and decreasing the chances of needing a C-section.  What Mama doesn't want these things?

By making sure Mama's spine can move properly, it can influence baby's vestibular system. Vestibular what? It's the system that tells us where we are in space: standing, lying down, upside down, etc. A baby with a more developed vestibular system has an increased likelihood to turn head down for birth. Problems with the system may cause baby to stay in a breech position. This system is also why babies love to be rocked, swayed and bounced. It's their neurology, not because they are being needy. 

So why is this important? If a baby is breech and being born in a hospital, a Cesarean section is most likely going to be the end result. C-sections tend to require a longer recovery period and can make nursing more difficult.

The birthing process, in whatever form, is strenuous on the baby's neck and nervous system. This is exactly why it is so important to get baby adjusted right after birth! After that first adjustment, it is equally important to get a spinal check at every milestone that the child reaches. A new milestone exhibits pathways that have been established in the nervous system.

The best thing mamas-to-be can do for themselves and their babies is to ask questions and stay informed. If you are looking for a healthy nervous system during pregnancy, labor and delivery, look to your local chiropractor! If you're looking for a chiropractor that has additional training in pregnancy and kids, search for one in your area at the ICPA. If you are interested in finding out the C-section rates of local hopsitals, ICAN of the Twin Cities has the best data available. If these numbers are too high for your liking, check out local midwives. 

The bottom line: get adjusted, eat well and ask questions!

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