What is Chiropractic

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What is Chiropractic?
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• Everyone deserves to be healthy!

Chiropractors adjust subluxations (joint and
nerve dysfunction) in order to free the bodys
innate intelligence to restore and maximise
health.
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• Adj. since birth, excep. health, non-prac.
  chiropractor, married to a chiropractor, mother
  of 3
• Have spent the last 5 years collating health
  literature. Reason WAB - I did not feel there
  was enough easy-to-read research or information
  for parents regarding the health decisions we
  make during pregnancy and early childhood.

• 4 Very Different Births
• Our Birth Stories
• - 1st - Birth Centre
• postr head ext. failed to progress past 6cms
  Artif. Rupture, moved to hospital result an
  assisted birth, drip, epid. syntoc threatened CS
  (35 hrs a dislocated pubis)
• 2nd - Home birth (straight forward 14 hrs)
• 3rd - Medically induced hospital birth - still
  birth
• 4th - Home birth (2 1/2 hrs)
• Also participated in a home-birth and caesarean
  birth

• I truly believe Children are born exactly the way
  they are meant to be born. Some babies like to
  make a dramatic entrance into the world, others -
  peaceful .

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Birth Historically. The CULTURE around
birthing has changed dramatically over time.

• Historically birthing has been very different to
  what we see today. We no longer live in tribal
  based cultures where young women witness
  support other women during birthing.
• Women would use their intuition on how to labour
  naturally. They would birth actively.
• Women trusted the capacity of their bodies to
  birth their babies
• Even with so many medicalised Western births over
  all Global statistics tell us that 95 of all
  births are uncomplicated

• We lack the opportunity to observe natural
  labour. We seem to have a blind misunderstanding
  of what birth can really be about.
• Today - sensationalism and hype of media with
  visuals of women lying on their back moaning
  wailing often pleading for their doctors to do
  something.
• With todays culture what often see people hand
  over their health or their birth to medicine.
  Inherently wanting someone else to take
  responsibility or control.

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Knowledge is key!

• I do not advocate one particular style of
  birthing and couples need to honour their own
  individual needs
• However as a society we have had a tendency over
  the last few generations
• to make fear based decisions
• regarding health issues
• rather than empowering ourselves with knowledge
• to make CONFIDENT RATIONAL choices
• about how we want to birth
• or raise our children.

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What Choices do you have?

• It is my every wish that whatever Birth Choice or
  Health Choice a couple make - they are 100
  confident with their decision
• This requires investigation research
• Sadly 1 in 5 Aust. Women suffer post natal
  depression after birth which has been linked to
  women not playing an active role in the decision
  making process of their birth.
• Birth choices should not be made blindly nor be
  based solely on expert opinion WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL
  INVESTIGATION SCRUTINY.
• Births are unpredictable that is why it is
  vitally important that you consider all of your
  options and appreciate the array of outcomes that
  may unfold.

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The Birthing Buffet!

• Your Options
• Hospital - Elective C Section
• Hospital - Emergency C Section
• Hospital - Assisted Birth
• Birth Centre - Natural or with minimal assistance
• Home Birth - Natural
• All births - even vaginal involve an element of
  risk. So what are the Pros Cons of each??

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The Pro and Cons of each type of birthing are
discussed here in full detail. Slides have been
removed.
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What do you really want?
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Preparing for Birth

• Mentally It is imp. Mothers partners read
  prepare. Learn about the different stages of
  labour, understand appreciate pain, watch
  birthing videos, proactive birthing workshops,
  hypno-birthing etc. Write their birth plan.
• Emotionally - letting go of fears, discuss
  anxieties, kinesiology may be a useful tool. Be
  open to all the avenues your birth may take, try
  not to be stuck on just one outcome. Births are
  unpredictable. Having a coach a PM or a doula can
  be your secret weapon.
• Physically Women who focus on strengthening
  their health are much more likely to have
  straightforward births, recover more quickly,
  juggle first few months more easily.
• So many vital steps.
• Diet do donts ( Vit K imp. blood
  clotting preventing haemorrhage., Zinc Silica
  prevent stretch marks, perineal tears cracked
  nipples),
• Benefits of physical exercise during
  pregnancy, perineal massage, strengthening the
  pelvic floor, Chinese Medicine, Naturopathic
  Herbs and Chiropractic all help prepare your
  body for labour,
• ALL of these CAN AFFECT your LABOUR OUTCOMES

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Chiropractic Pregnancy

• Helps mothers combat many of the discomforts of
  pregnancy eg LBpain, sciatica, heart burn etc
• Chirop. care ensures that the pelvis sits
  correctly allowing for optimum room for the baby
  to grow and move. Constraint may lead to
  developmental problems and autism
• Correct alignment of the pelvis allows the baby
  to apply even pressure on the cervix promoting
  dilation
• Research shows Chiropractic care helps labours to
  be more straight forward, reduces labour time, w.
  less pain trauma.
• 50 less need for pain relief

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Use pregnancy as a time to gather health
information

• Birth Trauma
• Breast Feeding
• Vaccination
• First Foods
• Antibiotics

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Chiropractic is SAFE GENTLEfor all ages
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Checking Children.
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Knowledge is power!

• When you prepare WELL for any event
• no matter what happens,
• no matter what outcome arises,
• you will be more informed to make
• choices that feel congruent for you and your
  family.

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A Good Birth

• Any woman who gives her pregnancy birth every
  bit of focus that she can (no matter what outcome
  unfolds) should be acknowledged like a
  superhero revered as a goddess

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Trust in your body

• We are often socialised into controlling events,
  scheduling and rushing through life
• If we take the time to become still in our bodies
  Birthing allows us to address our greatest fears
  find our greatest strengths
• As we embark on another pregnancy and birth -I
  reflect on the moment in time during labour where
  you surrender to your body, surrender to the
  divine and immerse yourself physically
  spiritually into labour. (Not with the 1st but
  with the next 3 births)
• At a cellular level our bodies know how to birth
  our babies.
• Take the time regularly to Honour your bodys
  intelligence and the life-force growing within
  you
• Remember that birthing (regardless of the stlye)
  with the right preparation, can be Journey Self
  Discovery Self-Accomplishment