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Research around pregnancy and massage

I get asked all the time about the benefits and safety of massage in pregnancy. There are numerous studies showing the benefit and no evidence suggesting it increased the risk of complications even in the first trimester.

Here are some studies showing moms and newborns benefit from prenatal massage:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10212885/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6087659/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15715034/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19646762

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542572/