Birth Support Invitation
WHAT: Loving, Exceptional Support
FOR: You, Your Baby and Family
WHERE: Your Home, Hospital or Birth Center
WHEN: 24/7
Congratulations on your upcoming birth from Sally Thomas, doula, CranioSacral Therapist!
From a holistic approach, integrated with training and experience in hospital newborn/maternity nursing, I offer you and your newborn highly qualified professional support, personally tailored for your needs! I also keep updated on current breastfeeding trends and problem solving methods, and assist your baby in establishing great sleep patterns from the beginning. My doula services are available for prenatal and postpartum through the "4th Trimester" period for mom and baby.
"Your baby's journey through the birthing process can be your newborn's first chiropractic or CranioSacral therapeutic process, when the baby is slowly pushed, not pulled through mom's womb and passageway....The birth canal is designed so that a passage through it may well mobilize each joint in the pelvis, each joint between two vertebrae, each joint between a rib and a vertebrae, and all the joints (sutures) of the skull. The mobilization takes time to release the collagen/ connective fiber tissues. If the journey is too fast, some joints may not have time to adjust. If the journey is too slow, forces may be placed upon joints for an inordinate period of time, inducing a strain... Abnormal locking of the baby’s head in the mother's pelvis, use of suction and forceps, breech or face upwards, cesarean birth are all indicators for a 10 or 15 minute evaluation and therapy, immediately, and in the first few days following the birth. The duramater membrane system reflects the imbalance, placing excess tension on spinal cord nerve roots, which in turn, cause an imbalance in tonus of the muscles that influence the position of the vertabrae and the ribs. This imbalance of tone, is often the cause of scoliosis as the newborn begins to develop an erect posture.” - Dr. John E. Upledger, D.O., O.M.M., A Brain Is Born: Exploring the Birth and Development of the Central Nervous System
CranioSacral Therapy assists a mother prepare her baby’s “ease of passage”, facilitates her labor, and re-aligns her skeletal structure and soft tissues afterwards.
Shortly after your baby’s birth, the bonding and breastfeeding experience with your newborn, influences a pattern that lasts a lifetime. As possibly a first of many transforming moments for your family life together, it would be an honor, privilege and joy to assist you!