Pregnancy Advocacy
What does pregnancy advocacy look like?
Pregnancy is a blessing for many families as it is a way they are expanding their family; and for some, it is a situation that is unwanted and quite scary. What does pregnancy advocacy look like for expecting mothers? Too often the mother will get overlooked in service to the “Medical condition of pregnancy”. Or on the other end, the gravity of the situation of pregnancy is minimized and the mother and father are left in the dark to what is actually going on. We believe in advocacy of the mother, father, and baby through love, medical support, emotional support, and other supports. We want to discuss how we here at CJ Chiropractic advocate for our pregnancy patients and their families.
Freedom of Choice!
Mothers should know that they have the freedom to say no!! Often times, mothers will find an OB medical provider and blindly follow along with what their doctor says they should do. Let us be the first to say, that you have the power to say no and even fire your OB all the way up to birth! How far do we mean that you have the power to say no?
You can say no to cervical checks! (This is more for the doctors information to know when to come into the room to catch the baby. Doctor’s convenience not the mothers.)
You can choose to eat during labor.
Your can choose to move around the room during labor.
You can refuse vaccinations during pregnancy.
You can refuse vaccinations at birth for your child.
You can refuse being induced if you feel like its too soon. (We see many mothers get induced when they were so close to going into labor. If they could have waited 1 to 2 more days they would have probably made it naturally.)
You have the right to have a doula!
You have the right to ask questions to your OB on things you don’t understand, and you have the right to have true informed consent.
The biggest advocacy that we are able to do here at CJ Chiropractic is to provide resources for mothers on the process of their pregnancy and their upcoming birth, so they have access to ALL of the information out there surrounding birth. When mothers are in the dark, it leads to outcomes that are not desirable for the mother or baby. We strive to make sure our patients are not victims to their pregnancy but rather, empowered mothers that are in charge of their pregnancy. Mothers have full medical autonomy over their baby when they are earth side, it should be the same when they are in the whom.
Minimize suffering, Maximize Function!
It is awesome when pregnant mothers realize that sacral pain or round ligament pain doesn’t have to be a thing during their pregnancy!! It is even more awesome when we see patient’s health actually improve during their pregnancy instead of the pregnancy taking something from them.
Pregnancy is HARD work!! Pregnancy is like running a 9-month long marathon! Another human being is being created and the mother’s biological power is being used to fuel his or her development. Birth is a second marathon at the very end of the pregnancy. So why do we not treat pregnant mothers as athletes!
Chiropractic is uniquely positioned to help pregnant mothers through the webster technique. Check out our pregnancy page here! Along with doing our functional neurological assessments powered by Insight CLA scanning technology, chiropractic has proved to help mothers be much more comfortable through their pregnancy and actually achieve a healthier state of being at the end of their pregnancy. It is stated in evidence that chiropractic, specifically the webster technique, improves birth outcomes and we have seen this clinically in our practice.
Our care here is actual CARE for the pregnant mother! We don’t take height and weight and send them on their way. We actually take CARE of them through their pregnancy and provide an intervention that benefits their health and the health of their baby.
Eye On The Prize!
We advocate for our pregnant patients to have the most natural birth possible as that is what is best for mom and for baby. However, we also don’t shame mothers if their goals for their birth are not in line with ours. Just as mothers have the power to say no to their OB, they also have the power to say no to our “vision” of what the optimal birth is. We respect every single mother that comes through our office.
Our ultimate goal for our pregnant patients is to provide world class, personalized chiropractic care; provide education and resources throughout their entire pregnancy; be a source to bounce ideas off of; and to be there for them all the way up to birth and be there for them after birth. The baby is the ultimate prize!
Birth is not easy, pregnancy is not easy, being a mother is not easy! But as most things in life, anything that is truly worthwhile is not easy. Children are the world’s biggest and hardest to deal with blessing, and for most, is one of life’s biggest joys. We are honored to be there for our mothers and their children to make sure the traumatic part of pregnancy and birth doesn’t get in the way of the joy a newborn brings.
