Pregnancy & Postnatal Therapies
Relax, de-stress and feel nurtured
Fertility and Well-Being Package
6 x 60 minute treatments £348
Using a combination of pre conceptual reflexology, creative healing and abdominal massage we will work together to help your body create the right enviroment. Looking at nutrition, hormones, stress and lifestyle factors, a tailor made plan of treatments will be made to help increase the chance of conceiving. Key benefits of this holistic programme of support are:
Key Benefits
● to relax your body and mind to help prepare your entire system for achieving a healthy pregnancy
● to monitor ovulation cycles in order to identify the optimum time to try for conception
● to help rid your body of excess toxins and unwanted hormones in order to help your system function optimally
● to help restore vital energy, reduce the impact of stress and boost your immune system
● to aid good nerve supply to reproductive organs
● to balance the endocrine system
This holistic approach has helped some of my clients helped with fertility issues, regain regular periods, eased endometriosis symptoms and PMT problems.
Pregnancy Massage & Reflexology
60 minutes £65 | 90 minutes £85
Optimise the health and well being of you and your baby. Feel empowered and prepared for labour.
I offer specialised treatments that are designed to assist women from the very first trimester and through each phase of pregnancy and the birth itself. Each treatment is uniquely created for you to provide support and relief during each trimester and involves working with high grade therapeutic oils directly onto the skin as well as through clothing according to the situation.
Some of the benefits of this holistic approach may help:
● to eliminate common pregnancy ailments such as water retention, back pain, heartburn, and nausea,
● to provide relief if suffering from pelvic girdle pain
● to encourage your baby into the best birthing position
● to help turn breeched babies (using a specific reflexology technique)
● to manage and control pain and contractions
● to help reduce anxiety and fear of labour
● to bond more deeply with your baby
I work intuitively and will nurture you and your baby, supplementing and building on the care you are already receiving from your midwife.
Gentle Birth Method Package
1 x 60 minute £65 | 90 minute £85
6 x 60 minute treatments £348
This method, combined with conventional antenatal care is an ideal preparation for birth and motherhood. This is a special programme to help women through their pregnancies, month-by-month and includes the following:
Diet, exercise and lifestyle are essential elements of the programme. The approach is deliberately kept as simple and easy to follow as possible and support and encouragement is given regarding nutrition and lifestyle.
Creative Healing Massage is a nurturing, calming treatment performed with a gentle touch using virgin olive oil. Its aim is to restore normal function to any disturbed part of the body and it can be used at any time in a person’s life, but in pregnancy it can help to drain the lymphatic system and keep you healthy and in the best possible condition to give birth. It is deeply relaxing and completely safe in pregnancy. Its aim is to realign energy flows, restore drainage channels and body temperatures and reposition displaced substances within the body.
Reflexology is an important part of the Gentle Birth Method and is one of the most powerful non-invasive healing treatments available.
Deep muscle relaxation and visualization
During the treatments and on your own in between sessions you will be encouraged to relax deeply and given tools to build confidence, and empower you to make the right decisions for you and your baby, enabling you to enjoy a positive birth experience. Overcoming fear and anxiety and empowering you for the wonderful journey ahead.
Some of the benefits of this holistic approach are:
● to ease back pain and oedema (fluid retention)
● to promote deeper sleep
● to encourage your baby into the best birthing position
● to improve your likelihood of a shorter, intervention-free labour
● to reduce or prevent tearing
● to manage and control pain of contractions
● to bond more deeply with your baby
● to reduce anxiety and fear of labour
“Throughout my pregnancy I would see Sara as often as possible for reflexology, pregnancy massage and visualisation techniques. And I have to say that I had a very enjoyable, relaxing, healthy pregnancy – and I know it was because of Sara’s support. She really understood what I needed without me having to explain it. She has a sense of understanding that is very deep and selfless. She is professional but understanding and always supportive. Having your first baby is so exciting, but all of the unknowns can be scary. I felt like I was doing the best things possible for my baby and my body by having Sara support me. I know that the calmness I experience during the reflexology and the visualisation is the reason we have a calm, happy, healthy baby.” Kelly
Birth Preparation
£95 for 2 hour
I run sessions with birth partners, giving you both a ‘toolbox’ of techniques to help you have a calm and positive birth.
This would include:
● acupressure points to aid natural labour induction
● pain relief strategies
● visualizations and positive affirmations
● breathing and sound (demonstrating the different types of breathing techniques for various stages of labour)
● movement
● massage/acupressure points/essential oils
● acupressure/massage/yoga positions for unestablished labour and failure to progress
This 2 hour workshop is individualised and tailored to your needs and wishes and I can offer general advice and support on any areas/issues you may have during your pregnancy/lead up to your birth.
Using high grade therapeutic essential oils, I can also create an Aromatherapy Birth Kit which includes a labour massage oil blend, clear and uplift blend and postnatal bath blend, to use during the birth and postnatally.
The cost is £50 for the gift wrapped Kit.
Postpartum - Embracing Motherhood
Nurture, empower and give confidence
Giving birth can bring a roller-coster of emotions, from elation, contentment, exhaustion, being tearful, doubtful, uncertainty and so much more... It can be hard to listen to your instincts and inner voice with all the conflicting advice that swoons around. As a postnatal doula, I can offer support to you, and be able to help you gain your centre again and clarity in what you want to do. I can offer advice, ideas or signpost you towards things that may help. These early days and weeks are precious to nurture your baby and YOU.
“When we birth, we don't just birth babies. We birth ourselves, we birth our families and we re-shape our lives.”
Dr Sarah Wickham
Postnatal Doula Packages
Red Tent Doula
8 hours £240
Postnatal care and support in the first month of birth (8 hours) which includes:
● an initial free consultation
● a closing the bones massage and 1 postnatal massage or reflexology session
● 2 homemade nutritious meals
● help with breastfeeding support, bottle feeds, giving you time to rest/sleep/shower. Help with general tidying and food shopping
● from booking up till two weeks after your last session you will have unlimited phone and email contact access
Postnatal Doula
20 hours £600
20 hours of postnatal care and support for you and your baby. This package includes:
● an initial free consultation
● 4 massages or reflexology sessions
● 4 homemade nutritious meals
● help with breastfeeding support, bottle feeds, giving you time to rest/sleep/shower. Help with general tidying, food shopping and with siblings
● from booking up till two weeks after your last session you will have unlimited phone and email contact access
We can arrange the breakdown of hours with each other but all should be in slots of 4 hours max, between 9 and 2pm on weekdays and 9 to 8pm on weekends.
Postnatal Massage and Reflexology
£60 for 65 minutes | 3 follow up sessions £58
£90 for 90 minutes | 3 follow up sessions £80
Postnatal issues are helped through a combination of specific massage and reflexology treatments and teaching self- help techniques.
● Inadequate lactation
● Urine retention
● Engorged breasts/mastitis
● Constipation and haemorrhoids
● Recovering from a caesarean
● Stress and anxiety problems
● Postnatal depression
Closing the Bones
£85 for 1/2-2 hours
A beautiful way to support your recovery after birth, it can create a moment of peace from the emotional ride of new motherhood.
When we grow and birth a baby we change and open in every sense of the way, physically, energetically and emotionally. This form of bodywork is designed to close a new mother and return her to her centre. It’s a postnatal ritual/ceremony rooted from traditional Ecuadorian techniques.
“Its a time out for the mother: time to have a silent communion with herself and reflect on her journey to motherhood and to feel the loving hands of another women nurturing her”
What happens during the treatment?
I talk to you in advance to make sure it is tailored to your needs and find out what you are hoping to get from the massage. The treatment involves lying on a comfortable mat on the floor. I rock your pelvis with a traditional Mexican rebozo shawl, I massage your abdomen, and hips with a special warming oil, more rebozo rocking and finally wrap your hips, or wrap you from your head to your toes with different rebozos and cover you with a blanket to keep you warm, letting you relax whilst I read a poem and sound bathe you if you wish. When its finished I prepare a lovely drink and there is a chance to chat about the experience for a while afterwards.