Even though pregnancy and birth are natural events, we can experience many changes to our body that bring about pain, difficulties with doing everyday activities, or a sense of uncertainty in our body. The pregnancy and postpartum techniques from the Institute of Birth Healing address tension and alignment of the pelvic bones and ribs, position and balance of the organs, and fascial restrictions throughout the body due to their impact on muscles, which are often the focus of pelvic floor therapy. The impact of limiting self beliefs, the ways they live in our body and how they influence our wellbeing and mothering can also be explored.  These techniques work with the open birthing pattern that can arise in the body. Closing up the pelvis can make an enormous difference to pelvic floor function, comfort, as well as grounding and connection in the body.

The Birth Preparation techniques are used to support aches and pain during pregnancy, and empower mothers to understand and work with their pelvic space during birth. The Birth Healing techniques are used to ensure the pelvis has physically and energetically closed after birth. In turn this brings about support for healing birth injury, addressing scar tissue, navigating prolapse or incontinence, and supporting mental health.

This approach to working with the body is particularly helpful if a mother is

• Feeling ungrounded or floating after birth
• Experiencing pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, anal fissures or haemorrhoids that don’t seem to be responding to pelvic floor training focused treatment
• Having pubic symphysis, back or hip pain – particularly if it arises during a subsequent pregnancy or after birth
• Working with C-section, abdominal or perineal scars that have ‘healed’ but just don’t feel right in the body