Massage for Expectant Mothers by a Certified Prenatal Practitioner. Committed to honor, respect, and support expectant mothers during their pregnancy. Focusing on the special needs as well as ensuring comfort and safety for the mother and baby. Decreasing stress and increasing relaxation as the body learns to cope with its changing environment. Reaching benefits of massage on all levels physically, mentally, and emotionally. Pregnancy is a time of great change. In addition to being concerned about the health of their child, the mother also contends to a changing body image, fluctuating emotions, a possible reduction of activity level, and back pain.
As a Certified Pregnancy Massage Therapist, Karissa Ebert has specific knowledge to alleviate pain, understand all stages of pregnancy, and lend emotional support. 
The benefits of pregnancy massage are tailored specifically to prenatal, laboring, and post-partum needs. The focus for my sessions are on the special needs of the mother-to-be, as her body progresses through the dramatic changes, of the childbirth experience-pregnancy, birth, and port-partum.
Post-partum massage is designed to help restore the body to its pre-pregnancy condition and to address the stress of caring for the newborn. It can speed up recovery by bringing relief to sore muscles and help mother to relax.
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• Reduces stress and promotes relaxation through emotional support and physical nurturing • Reduces edema and high blood pressure, relieves varicose veins, and increases blood and lymph circulation • Facilitates hormonal, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary, and other physiological processes • Reduces musculoskeletal pain and strain • Contributes to developing the kinesthetic awareness, flexibility, and preparation necessary for active birthing • Contributes to shorter, less painful labor and reduces labor complications, medications, and interventions • Improves infant well-being • Fosters nurturing maternal touch • Facilitates post-partum recovery, including structural and abdominal restoration, healing from cesarean birth, and relief of muscle strain of childcare activities • Encourage more loving, less violent individuals and societies
Karissa’s Certified Pregnancy Massage skills include safety guidelines and precautions, comprehensive hands on training in techniques to help enhance pregnant, laboring, and post-partum women’s comfort, health, and enjoyment of their pregnancies. Massage during pregnancy focuses on the special needs of the mother-to-be as her body goes through the dramatic changes of the childbirth experience. During your first appointment, a complete health history will be taken discussing your overall health as well as how your pregnancy is progressing. Your health history will be updated as needed during subsequent visits. Each massage session is designed to meet your specific needs on that particular day or during that particular stage of your pregnancy. The massage will be modified based on your feedback. Your comfort and safety, and the safety of your child, are of the utmost concern at all times during your session.