Accupresure for natural induction

Acupressure has been used for thousands of years to treat various diseases. There are pressure points / points that can stimulate contractions or induce labor. Acupressure is an ancient healing art that has been effectively used by millions of people around the world for over 5000 years. It's based on ideas and the same principles as acupuncture, but uses finger pressure instead of needles. It involves the application of pressure to a specific, sensitive points along the body. No pills, drugs, stimulants or needles are involved - it is safe for both mother and baby. Using acupressure to induce labor is one of the methods of natural and drug free. Evidence suggests that stimulating specific acupressure points to bring on labor in 93 percent of women within 48 hours



Acupressure involves applying pressure with your fingers and thumbs on specific points. Using acupressure is a natural way to induce labor by helping the cervix to be mature, widened and widened. This is a really safe for induction of labor for both mother and baby.

Acupressure works the same principles as acupuncture, There are points throughout the body that identified thousands of years ago by Chinese doctors to stimulate the body's response to certain health conditions. Naturally induce labor is one thing you can do acupressure.

Acupressure to induce labor by stimulating contractions, helps dilate the cervix and encourage your baby to descend. Women who use labor acupressure during childbirth tend to have up to two hours shorter than women who do not use these techniques. This is a good idea to practice finding points before D-day: remember the location, but do not press.


When pressed that point to induce labor?

There are three main situations when you can use pressure points to induce labor. The first and most common situation is when your pregnancy is past the HPL (Estimated Day of Birth) / "Due Date". Secondly, already in labor and wanted to strengthen contractions and make the contractions more effective. Third, the amniotic fluid had been broken before the start of the active phase of labor. Make sure that you use the acupressure only when your condition matches one of the situations mentioned above.

You'll know when you've found a place that acupressure because the area will be a little bruised and sore when pressure is diterapkan.Saat many doctors and midwives who become aware of the effectiveness of using acupressure to induce labor ..

One of the best uses of labor acupressure is to use pressure points to strengthen the contractions or when the membranes have ruptured but labor has not started yet. Pressure points can also be used to reduce pain during contractions there are several acupressure points on the body of labor that can be manipulated by your partner.

Acupressure labor Tintik located throughout a woman's body from the ankle to butt into his hands. Learn where these points and how to manipulate them effectively can offer a woman to maternity faster and in a way that is completely natural and safe.

During childbirth, acupressure can be used to reduce pain and anxiety. Applying pressure on certain points of contraction can reduce discomfort and help a woman in labor to relax. Labor acupressure have been shown to release endorphins, which act as natural pain relief for women in the workforce. Acupressure for labor is best used during the first and second stages of labor.

Labor with acupressure has been proven effective in triggering of natural childbirth by helping the baby down, maturation and dilate the cervix, and make the contractions more frequent and successful. This is one of the natural labor induction is most effective at this time.


Benefits of Using Maternity Acupressure

Using acupressure can help you:

1. Induce labor naturally without all the drugs commonly

2. Reduce pain and discomfort maternity

3. Strengthen the contractions

4. Helps the cervix to open and widen better

5. Makes you more calm and relaxed

6. Triggering of natural childbirth from inside your own home, safe and painless.

7. The best method to calm restlessness and anxiety during childbirth.

8. Help stop the vomiting and nausea associated with childbirth

9. Effective techniques to reduce and even eliminate your pain in childbirth.

10. help change the baby's posterior position.

11. Strengthen the contractions to the birth process is faster, leading to a short labor and little chance of medical intervention.

12. better help dialation of the cervix

13. Overall, using labor acupressure to maximize the likelihood of having a normal complication-free birth.


Stimulation of specific acupressure points in the woman's body has been shown to trigger labor in more than 80% within 48 hours, and often earlier

During the third trimester, acupressure can also help to boost the position of the baby's head down so that the delivery process smoothly.

Acupressure can also be used to reduce pain in the postpartum, as well as restore vitality after childbirth. There are also specific acupressure points that help stimulate lactation and nursing


NAUSEA VOMITING in Pregnancy

Excellent acupressure point to relieve mualselama pregnancy is called the Inner Gate (also called the P6 acupressure point Neiguan).

This is a particular point on your wrist and is easy to treat by applying pressure with your fingertips while you concentrate on your breathing

see the point in this picture, press 3 fingers below the wrist palm of right hand / left. Press gently and in for about 2-5 minutes.

















Natural Labor Induction / Stimulate labor

He Ku (LI 4) (Collection of the Valley)

The location: in between the base of the thumb bone and the base of the hand index finger bone

massaging the area around the thumb and forefinger, to increase the contractions of the uterus massaged in a clockwise direction as much as 20-30 times, to reduce contractions in the uterus can be massaged to turn clockwise as much as 20-30 times. Can help reduce road head was born.

Other Benefits:

1. Headache & Toothache

2. Facial paralysis

3. Pain and swelling of the throat, pain and cramps fingers

4. Bloating, Constipation & abdominal pain, fever, itching

5. Menstrual disorders, pregnancy Stimulates contraction

6. Prohibited for young pregnant women, can cause miscarriage



















Oxytocin massage (on spine)

For natural induction, massage can be done in the area of ​​1-2 cm along the left and right beside the spine, with a circular motion clockwise rotation as much as 20-30 times. (Massaged in green dots)





























Massage in the waist (sacrum)

do massage in a clockwise direction as much as 20-30 times in the acupressure points in the area around the tail bone (coccyx)





















San Yin Ciao (SP 6) (The point at which three-Yin)

dititik acupressure massage, three fingers above the inner ankle, a massage in a clockwise direction as much as 20-30 times





















Point in the left shoulder and right

Point to another massage oxytocin contained in the acupressure point, located three fingers on each side of the neck above the shoulder blade. A massage in a clockwise direction, as many as 20-30 times a massage on a regular basis.

















Ce Yin (BL 67) (End Yin)

The location: the corner of the little toe nail the outside

Returns the position of a breech baby (and not yet entered the pelvis) to the position of the head, can also be done by massaging the area of ​​the little toe nail tip of the left / right massage for 20-30 times clockwise direction. Used to change the baby in the womb (breech to normal)



















To edema in pregnant women

Tap inside your calf, 3 fingers under the curve of the legs, four fingers below the patella. Press gently 2-3 minutes.

Should not be performed on pregnant women under the age of 37 weeks because it can produce the hormone oxytocin. Press in point 4 fingers above the ankle, at the foot of the inside. Pressed for 2-3 minutes.



















1. Pressed one finger (thumb in addition to ankle), inside. Press for 2-3 minutes.

2. Performed for edema, edema in the region except the feet. At the press in the middle of the foot, between the toe (thumb) with the back end of the foot.


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