Are you Pregnant and overwhelmed with all the information Google has to offer?
Our PUSH Prep is designed to act like a check list for the most important things we offer. We break things down by trimester so you know when to start looking into workshops/services without feeling overwhelmed.
- Consult with a Registered Dietitian to learn about key nutrients for a healthy pregnancy
- Experiencing first trimester symptoms? Book a chat with our Registered Homeopath to see how she can support you
- Perinatal Options Workshop: “Midwife, Doctor or other? who’s right for me?”
- 4 weeks+ start learning about who you might want as your primary care provider (start calling Doctors/midwives offices to see if they have a waitlist)
Pelvic Health Physiotherapy
- Book a consult with our Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
- Feeling pain or discomfort in the hips, ribs or pelvis? Book here
Relieve Symptoms (i.e. nausea, sleep disorders, moods, nausea, headaches, cramps, muscular pains etc…)
Mind & Body Work
- Strengthen with Prenatal Fitness / Prenatal Pilates
- Move & learn breathing in Prenatal Yoga
Other:
- Explore Birth + Postpartum Doula Services
- Explore Prenatal Education Options (book the class in your 3rd Trimester so you don’t forget everything) – your hospital, doula, midwifery clinic may offer group classes. Private prenatal education is also a great option too.
Postpartum Must-Haves (Pre-order for your birth month)
- Postpartum Pad Kit (all your pad needs in the first week+)
- Sitz bath
- Earth Mama (Herbal Sitz Bath / Perineal Spray)
Prepare for Birth
- Pelvic Health Physiotherapy (pushing/breathing/perineal stretching)
- Acupuncture (labour prep/induction)
- Chiropractic Care (birth prep)
- Homeopathy (induction)
- Lactation Consultant (Prenatal Prep – hand expression, colostrum, pumps)
- Prenatal Massage (baby positioning/pelvis)
Partner Learning
- Hands-on Birth Prep – workshop to teach your partner to be useful during birth (Group/Private)
- Partner Acupressure – teach your partner acupressure points to support your aches & pains during pregnancy, labour & birth
Mind & Body Work
- Keep moving with Prenatal Yoga, Strength and/or Pilates
Other:
- Dietician Appointment (prep for postpartum nourishing foods)
- Start your baby research (breast pumps, diapers, and more)
- Lactation Consultant
- Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
- Postpartum check-in (relevant for both vaginal and c-section births)
- Acupuncture
- stimulate the body’s the ability to heal faster after birth
- milk production
- postnatal depression
- muscular aches/pains
- rebalance the body after giving birth
- Homeopathy
- Postpartum Healing Kit
- Mind & Body – 6+ weeks (or earlier if cleared by doctor/practitioner)