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Prenatal Massage: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Relaxation
What moms and moms-to-be should be expecting before Prenatal Massage including precautions, tips and benefits!
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mommy and baby
Mommy and baby massages are great for both parties. For babies, touch helps stimulate the central nervous system, thereby triggering the brain to generate more serotonin and less cortisol (à la, the “stress hormone”). This eases nerves and calms a fussy infant among other great benefits. Read more about mommy and baby massage.
Living Well
What is Prenatal Massage?
Spa treatments can relieve the main discomforts of pregnancy, and the spa atmosphere can relax expectant mothers overwhelmed by the changes in their bodies.
Fitness
Four Ways to Bounce Back After Baby- Bye bye Mom and Dad Bods
Acknowledging that both the mom’s and the dad’s health can impact their child for a lifetime was a hot trend in 2018. After all, it takes a sperm and an egg to create a baby. And just as it takes two to conceive, we think it takes two to bounce back after pregnancy and birth. Check out these four ways to get your bodies–and your relationship–in shape after giving birth.
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Mommy & Me Poses: Doing Yoga with Kids
Grab the little loves in your life and try out some of these incredibly fun yoga moves for a good workout filled with lots of laughs & love!
Spa 101
The Hunger Games Come to Cal-a-Vie
Cal-a-Vie Health Spa will be hosting its Fifth Annual “Mom & Teen” Week from June 17-24 and this year, it seems the odds were ever in their favor!
Beauty
Prenatal Top Priorities from Whole Foods’ Whole Body: Health & Safety for Mom & Baby
Because Whole Foods Markets believes that what you put on your body is as important as what you put in your body, it created a section in each of its stores called Whole Body dedicated to helping you look and feel your best, inside and out. As a part of Whole Foods’ Whole Body™ program,
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Mother’s Day Destinations! Day Spas in NYC
This Sunday is Mother’s Day and we can think of no better way to spend a day with Mom than to indulge in some pampering and relaxation
Travel & Play
Enter NUK’s Mommy Shower Sweeps for Huge SpaFinder Prizing!
From April 17-May 27, NUK will pick weekly winners for its $50 gift card prizes, and you can be entered for a chance to win the $5,000 SpaFinder Gift Certificate grand prize! Check out the Mommy Shower to be entered for a chance to give yourself or the mom in your life the break she deserves.
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Belly Friendly!
Stacy Denney’s spa program for pregnant woman, or those trying to conceive, Barefoot & Pregnant is all about community. Denney saw the need for an environment where expecting moms could communicate and interact with each other and find a nurturing environment before, during and after their pregnancy. Born of this need was Barefoot & Pregnant, the country’s first maternity spa and its accompanying on-line social community.
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Spa 101: Baby Massage Class
Massage, a relaxing ritual for both you and baby, is said to improve your tot’s muscular coordination, circulation, and immune system, help you distinguish your baby’s cues, and aid in ailments like insomnia and teething.
Mindset
Prenatal Massage: Still Time for Me Time!
Expecting moms are restricted when it comes to so many things that those not-with-child take for granted. From giving up sushi and cocktails, there are some things that moms-to-be just have to forego, but spa days are definitely don’t have to be one of them. There are many treatments that are safe for pregnant women,
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Pregnancy Without the Pause
When I got pregnant, I was prepared for the nine-month moratorium on sushi, margaritas, and unpasteurized cheese. Modern American pregnancy, as everyone knows, comes with a long list of dietary no-nos. What I didn’t realize is that the list of spa prohibitions is just as punishing. Hot baths were a daily de-stressor, and the news that I’d have to give them up, along with saunas, steams, and a handful of spa treatments, dismayed me. Frankly, it’s hard to imagine a more welcome time for any spa treatment than when your lower back and shoulders are aching from your newly recalibrated center of gravity, your feet feel fat as flippers, and your supposed pregnancy glow is mottled with new freckles.