We encourage a woman to listen to her body and be as active as she wants to be during labor. She can take a walk, use massage, relaxation, therapeutic touch, and visualization techniques. She can relax in a Jacuzzi to help reduce the stress of labor while improving circulation for both mother and baby. The caregiver may request that a new mom and her baby receive osteopathic manipulative therapy. It is a gentle, natural way of helping a mother's body recover from the stress of childbirth.
Babies respond especially well to the caring touch of our osteopathic physicians.
It is, of course, each woman's choice whether or not to have this complementary therapy.