Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy:

Chiropractic care during pregnancy and delivery is vital to maximize the normal physiological function of both the mother and baby. “Entrainment” is the process by which one person’s nervous system drives another’s. Therefore, everyday chemical, physical, and emotional stresses that affect a pregnant woman, also affect her developing child. Consequently, the more subluxation free (without nervous system interference) the mother is, the better it is for her developing child.

Dr. Shae is certified by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association in the Webster Technique. The Webster Technique is a chiropractic analysis and adjustment designed to keep a woman’s uterus free from ligament constraint and also help women when their baby is in a breach position. This technique is used to align the mother’s pelvic bones, which in turn allows the baby to get into the best possible position for birth. It is a gentle, non-invasive method of reducing interference in the nervous system, improving function of the pelvic muscles and ligaments, leading to the reduction of constraint on the woman’s uterus.  The Webster Technique should be utilized beginning with the 20th week of gestation.

Benefits of Chiropractic Care for the Pregnant Mother:

• Prepares the pelvis for an easier pregnancy and birth by creating a state of balance in pelvic bony structures, muscles and ligaments.
• Relieves back and neck discomfort/pain during pregnancy by eliminating stresses in the spine and restoring balance to the pelvis.
• Removes tension on the ligaments that support the uterus thus reducing torsion (intrauterine constraint) to the woman’s uterus.
• Reduces interference to the mother’s nervous system which controls and coordinates all of her systems and functions.
• Allows for a safer, easier labor and delivery for the mother and child.
• Decreases the need for medical intervention during childbirth.
• Reduces the length of labor.

Benefits of Chiropractic Care for the Unborn Child:

• Removes interference to the mother’s nervous system allowing for unobstructed development of the baby.
• Removes intrauterine constraint, allowing the baby the room to develop without restrictions to its forming cranium, spine and other skeletal structures.
• Offers the baby the room to move into the best possible position for birth.
• With proper fetal positioning, there is a significant decrease in dystocia (delayed labor) and the resulting potential birth trauma caused by emergency intervention.