Massage in the Childbearing Year

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Ritualistic touch and massage have been an integral part of the childbearing experience for countless generations and in many traditional societies where pregnancy is respected, labor is dignified, and the new mother is revered. Now you can bring these techniques into your own midwifery practice.

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Massage Articles from Midwifery Today

• The Primal Touch of Birth: Midwives, Mothers and Massage—by Kara Maia Spencer, LMP
• A Modern Midwife's Experience with Ancient Maya Techniques of Abdominal/Uterine Massage—by Anne Hirsch
• A Midwife's Touch—by Elaine Stillerman
• Uterine Massage: A New Profession?—by Mary Kroeger, CNM, MPH
• The Rebozo—A transcription of the rebozo workshop given by Doña Irene Sotelo and Naolí Vinaver
• Shiatsu: Another Tool for Keeping Birth Normal—by Suzanne Yates

Online Massage Resources

• massagetherapy.com
• Touch Research Institute

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