Today has been a rainy, gloomy day. Do you ever have those days, especially Mondays, where things just don't seem to be going right? Well, today was one of those days. Until I walked in to work and was greeted by a thank you card and an adorable birth anouncement from a patient.
I have only seen this patient once, on Valentine's day. She was due that day with her first child and was coming to see me to see if we could adjust her to help baby drop lower into the birth canal. Baby was sitting somewhat lopsided in Mom's belly. Mom wasn't really sure what to expect with chiropractic, but her doula had recommended she come to see me. We discussed what chiropractic is, what we might be able to do to help her, what her health history is, and then we got her adjusted. I always remind my pregnant patients that babies come when they are supposed to come and they arrive in the way they are supposed to arrive...sometimes that means a C-section if all other options aren't working--and sometimes that means babies are "late."
So I adjusted this mom and set her up for 2 more adjustments and a deep-tissue therapy session that week to work on some of the accupressure points known to help stimulate labor. However, we received a call from a family member the next day cancelling all of the appointments, as she had gone into labor.
Baby was delivered the next evening after her adjustment and Mom and Baby are doing well--and baby is adorable, just as expected.
Things like this remind me what a precious tool chiropractic can be and how lucky I am to be in the profession that I am. I did not induce this labor, nor do I "flip" babies, however, by helping to relax muscle, ligaments and align the pelvis and sacrum, babies have less uterine constraint and can more easily engage for their entrance into this world.
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