Postpartum Depression Myth: “Time Heals All” The Baby Blues: Not The Same As Postpartum Depression Look; many women get what is referred to as the “baby blues,” a feeling of dis-ease emotionally in the days, and sometimes weeks, after birthing a baby. Estimates from reputable sources such as the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins Medicine […]
Postpartum Myth: Incontinence Is Unavoidable And Will Last A Lifetime Is It True There’s Nothing You Can Do For Postpartum Incontinence? Of course, like most myths, this myth is really just not true. Firstly, not all women end up incontinent after a every pregnancy. And, for those that do wind up with incontinence issues, the […]
Postnatal Massage NJ Postnatal Massage Sweeps New Jersey! The Story. Why wasn’t Postnatal Massage as popular in the past in the state of New Jersey as it’s become now? It’s all about one word: DEMOGRAPHICS Right now, the number of New Jersey residents who are of Asian ancestry is steadily rising. New Jersey is a […]
Do Postnatal Massage and Breast Massage Increase Production Of Breast Milk? Postnatal Massage and Breast Massage definitely work to increase breast milk production, and various health studies performed around the world support this assertion. I can say that the answer is affirmative based on both my experience as an LMT focusing on postnatal women, as […]
You might think I am biased toward thinking that Postnatal Massage is incredible, being that my pseudonymous name on here is A Practitioner Providing Postpartum Massage in NJ. However, that isn’t true. I really am a person who examines all the evidence, free from the taint of perspective or philosophy. I just want the facts, […]
I guess by now, dear reader, that when you see my name on this platform, that I’m going to (mostly) be writing about the Postnatal Phase of a woman’s life. This article is one that I’ve wanted to write about for a while. Postpartum Depression And Its Abatement The topic: Postpartum Depression. The phenomenon is […]
The Challenges of Being a Mobile Postnatal Therapist In New Jersey Greetings, whomever has happened to stumble upon this page. (Hmm..IS the website StumbleUpon still a thing? I wonder…anyway…) As you might have ascertained from my alias, I’m an LMT focusing on the perinatal population in my training and practice. I love my work, and […]
Postnatal Myth: Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Go Away On Their Own That would be wonderful! But is it true? Some myths are, as we all know. This one… …sadly… …is not. The fact is, these issues can only grow worse when not dealt with in a productive way. Just like breastfeeding is a learned set […]
Can Any Licensed Massage Therapist Provide Postnatal Massage? The answer is certainly no because a Therapeutic Massage Practitioner must be trained specifically in Postnatal Massage as there are many special contraindications and considerations, and in some municipalities and states, an LMT must have taken a certain number of credit-hours of education in this modality. Training […]
Myth: Your emotional, physical, and mental trauma, as well as any injuries sustained during pregnancy, will all be gone in a few months and you’ll have your “pre-pregnancy body” again. Fact: Of course, at first glance, this seems amazing, but upon further consideration, it starts to sink in that this is impossible, for most women. […]
As a Postnatal Massage Therapist working in the state of New Jersey, I am aware of only a couple of instances where a healthy care provider had told a postpartum patient who was in perfect health and didn’t have any prenatal complications, even, that Postpartum Therapeutic Massage is off-limits because Postpartum Therapeutic Massage is unsafe. […]
This piece is aimed, specifically at the pregnant population of our woman readers, and of course, their loved ones. Remember when you were starting to show? Did you notice that nearly everyone around you started smiling and trying to help you in whatever way they could? That was cool. It really was. Humanity at its […]
For many women, pregnancy is the most joyful time of their life, filled with anticipation, parties and events, picking out furniture for the baby’s room, and lots of other things that can be very fulfilling. They can also be stressful, depending on what kind of person the new mom is. However, almost universally, most pregnant […]