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Pregnancy Services
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 With pregnancy comes the ever changing emotions and body image. Be it fitness, education or massage our team will guide you through.
Grandparents and friends: be sure to check out our service packages. They make a great gifts to the expectant mother. |
Bed Rest Support
Being on bed rest can be a lonely time. Not knowing about your medical condition, how to care for your family or figuring out how to eat while on bed rest can be concerning. Doula support during this time is a way to keep connected to the outside world. We can run errands, help with siblings or stock your fridge with quick to grab meals.
Personalized Fitness and Nutrition Training
Let our fitness trainer come to your home and personalize a plan to you. Some women have been exercising for many years while others are encouraged to start while expecting their baby. Dena can help you find the style of training that fits you the best. She then can enhance your experience with nutrition counseling and guidance throughout your pregnancy.
Birth Rediscovered!
Birth Rediscovered will go beyond the traditional childbirth class, guiding you and your partner through the various birthing options available to help you discover what’s right for you.
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Full House Mom's
Full House Mom's is a local support group for families who have or are expecting twins, triplets or more. Deana Andersen-Tennant is our Postpartum Team leader and member of FHM's after the birth of her own twins six years ago. Contact her at deana@renchildbirth.com for more information or visit FHM's website at www.fullhousemoms.com
 Belly Casting
Do you wonder if you will ever see your feet again? Having a cast of your changing shape will give you a keepsake of just how round and beautiful you have become. Our cast are made of plaster casting wrap and are left raw. After they have dried you can paint or decorate them in many different ways.
Prenatal Massage
Massage during pregnanacy, during labor and/or after baby has arrived can bring comfort, relief, and support to mamma and baby during all the changes that go along with a growing family. Massage has the ability to relieve the body's aches and pains, to reduce tension, increase circulation which allows for better oxygenation & nutrient delivery throughout, to help regulate homone levels and blood pressure, and to promote an easier child birth, as well as many other benefits. As it may not be easy or allowed for momma to travel to receive massage, our massage therapist is eager and willing to come to you!
Prenatal massage has the potential to:
Ease backaches, headaches, shoulder and neck aches that may be caused by muscle tension and shifts in posture to accommodate increasing weight
Decrease pain in the pelvic/hip area
Increase circulation
An increase in oxygen and nutrients to the cells of mother and fetus; which means mom has more energy and fetus receives better nourishment
Improve digestion
Reduce fatigue
Improve skin elasticity that can help reduce stretch marks
Help reduce swelling in such places as hands and lower legs
Can alleviate the stress on weight-bearing joints, like the knees, which are impacted by the extra weight of a growing baby
Promote relaxation and deep breathing
Help stabilize hormone levels by lessening anxiety
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