Childbirth Education

We have all heard the instructions of an airline attendant reminding us to put on our own oxygen mask before we help anyone else with theirs. This advice is often cited as a metaphor for self-care because it so accurately expresses why it is important. It seems to say, ironically that if you can’t t...

If you are pregnant, one of the best things you can do is see a doctor of chiropractic.  Chiropractic care provides so many things a pregnant body needs: a flexible and balanced spine, hips and pelvis; internal organs without postural stress and freedom from nerve stress. All essential for a health ...

Pediatric Chiropractic and the Nervous System  Most people don’t think of getting chiropractic care for their newborn, but infancy and childhood are the most effective time in a person’s life to receive chiropractic adjustments.   Chiropractic adjustments aim to clear the interference in your nervo...

Top Ten Immune Boosters         1 –LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. Your body will warn you with subtle signs when your immune system is fighting something off. Most early signs are behavioural (especially in children) like being more tired than usual, feeling inexplicably cranky, appetite changes, etc. Pay ...

"Despite major advances in medical care, critical threats to maternal, infant, and child health exist in the United States. Among the Nation’s most pressing challenges are reducing the rate of preterm births, which has risen by more than 20% from 1990 to 2006,1 and reducing the infant death rate, wh...

It may be surprising to some, but pregnancy and chiropractic care go hand in hand. Chiropractic adjustments are a safe, gentle and natural way to help a woman’s body adapt to the many changes undergone during pregnancy. Reasons to have chiropractic during pregnancy During pregnancy, several change...

The faithfully supportive birth partner: you have attended childbirth classes, visited with the baby belly every day,  pampered the mother-goddess to her heart’s content and managed to get that tricky nursery furniture assembled. You are overjoyed with the coming of your child and you love his mothe...

What is a Childbirth Educator? Childbirth educators teach expectant parents how to prepare for labor,birth, and thepostpartum period. They teach techniques to help with relaxation and pain in labor, methods to use throughout the childbirth process, as well as information on late pregnancy, labor, b...

by Ilana MachoverCopyright 2000 by Ilana MachoverTo learn more about Ilana Machover, her accomplishments and her qualifications, click here.  Since the early 1980s I have been a childbirth educator as well as a teacher of the Alexander Technique. Combining these two activities, I hold special cours...