A massage when you’re pregnant not only brings health benefits and improves your feeling of wellbeing, it also helps you look good too, by reducing muscle tension and swelling and relieving pain associated with all that extra weight you’re carrying around, in particular in your shoulders, neck, back and legs. Regular massage will stimulate, strengthen and build up the muscles around your spine, which is important since many pregnant women suffer from problems associated with poor posture which have previously gone unnoticed. Therefore, from the 12th week of pregnancy onwards, it’s a good idea to start regular massage sessions which will help keep your back and muscles in good shape, along with keeping the stretched skin on your stomach area nice and supple.

If you’d like a pregnancy massage you must consult your doctor and obtain permission before starting any sessions.

You should not have any massage during the first trimester or in the last month of your pregnancy.