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Read our regularly updated blogs and articles!!3rd february 2010 - Paediatric seminars and Lyana's experience of chiropractic in pregnancy
I recently completed the 4 weekend paediatric seminar series by renowned paediatric Chiropractor Steve Williams. The course looks at the chiropractic and cranial approach to treating children. It focuses on mainly gentle, indirect cranial and fascial releases. As well as furthering my skills in tthe treatment of babies and children, I have recently been on the receiving end of chiropractic in pregnancy and babyhood.In December 2008 I gave birth to our beautiful baby daughter Kiriana (although it seems funny that she is not a baby anymore and is already a toddler!). I loved being pregnant and was very comfortable, a large part of which I feel was down to the fact that I had regular chiropractic treatment throughout my pregnancy. I only suffered from mild heartburn and tension in the diaphragm area as the baby got much bigger, near the end stage of my pregnancy. I was having weekly, even twice weekly sessions. It was great to be on the receiving end of a treatment and to feel how much relief you actually get as a patient, and to feel how gentle the techniques are.
Despite all my efforts and intentions of having a very natural birth experience, Kiriana decided it would be best to be born as close to Christmas as possible, which meant that on the 20th December, I was reluctantly booked in to be induced, as she was a fortnight overdue. Because of the nature of a labour that is induced and the fact that it was a relatively long labour, I actually ended up having a lot of pain relief (so much for my natural birth - I really feel it was Mother nature teaching me a lesson that you can't plan these things!).
At midday the next day Kiriana was born into the world. She had her first chiropractic treatment at 2 days old! She didn't have any colicky symptoms and took well to feeding. She has a check up monthly now (especially now with the odd knocks and falls that come with learning to walk!). She is a healthy, happy toddler. From the viewpoint as a mummy now, I feel truly grateful to have had chiropractic as part of our life during pregnancy and the early years!
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I've had regular chiropractic treatment for years in New Zealand and was both overjoyed and scared when I found out I was expecting twins last year. The prospect of carrying so much weight and its effect on my body meant I was nervous, however the expertise of the chiropractors at the Hampstead Chiropractic clinic was second to none. They used special pregnancy techniques as well as gentle versions of the normal chiropractic work I usually have. Its evident they are experienced a lot of pregnant women and babies at the clinic and so I knew I was in brilliant hands. The pregnancy and delivery all went well and now I have two healthy babies who have both had treatment since too.
Anne Campbell
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