Tips to give a prenatal massage

2. Research shows that pregnancy massage can reduce stress hormones in your body and unwind and release your muscles. It can likewise increment blood stream, which is so significant when you're pregnant, and keep your lymphatic framework working at top proficiency. What's more, it reconnects your psyche with your body, an association that is soothing assuming you some of the time keep thinking about whether there's a child in there or on the other hand assuming an outsider has taken up home within you.

3. Delicate Foot Rub Using lotion for smoother strokes, your partner can start by rubbing the top of the foot with gentle pressure, working from the toes towards the ankle and making small circles around the ankle. Then, have them use both thumbs to make small circles on the sole of the foot right beneath the toes.

4. Back Rub Sitting up or lying on your side, have your partner use both hands to stroke up and down the back, using lotion to help their hands glide. They should focus on the muscles on either side of the spine and can transition to kneading the muscles with their thumbs or base of the hand, moving up and down.

5. Shoulder Rub With the base of the hand or the pads of the fingertips, apply gentle pressure on one side of the neck and glide between the top of the shoulder and base of the skull. Repeat on the opposite side.

6. Scalp Massage Moving from the base of the skull to the hairline, use both hands and spread fingers to apply gentle pressure to the scalp, circling hands together or apart. Add gentle stroking of the face, which can be amazingly relaxing.

7. Belly Don’t massage it! Instead, gently rub it with vitamin E oil for a soothing effect that can also help prevent stretch marks.