Linda Kimber/Anne Haines(2006) DVD
Enjoy the last month of pregnancy and prepare for labour in a relaxed, calm and confident way. Limit your need for drugs in childbirth by trying these simple and effective massage techniques.
The LK massage programme is a pleasurable coping strategy to use, for first time mums and those with other children, wherever you choose to birth your baby. The techniques you will learn combine massage, controlled breathing and visualisation.
The DVD includes:
- A step-by-step guide to the simple massage techniques; the birth partner will learn back, arm and leg massage
- How the massage techniques connect with the mother's breathing
- How to create a quiet, relaxed environment, encouraging upright positions and free movement within your chosen place of birth
- Self massage techniques for the mother to use when the birth partner is unavailable
- Alternative positions to adopt for labour, the importance of restful sleep, how to combine the programme when using water and the benefits of immediate maternal- infant skin contact following birth
- A complementary DVD showing specific shoulder and back massage to use following birth
