Clare Stewart

Benefits of Natural Childbirth

The methods, philosophies, and reasons for choosing natural childbirth vary from family to family. For some mothers, the main reason for choosing a medication-free and intervention-free childbirth is because they do not want themselves or their baby to have unnecessary or dangerous medications or procedures.  For others, it’s more than that—the birth process is something that God designed women’s bodies to do! And the thought of having  it turned into a medical procedure can take away from that experience. The benefits, regardless of the rationales for why a woman chooses natural childbirth, are numerous.

Benefits for baby

• Baby may be less groggy and more alert after birth.
• Baby may have an easier time latching on and breastfeeding.
• Baby will not have narcotics or other medications in his system.
• Baby will have a lower risk of fetal distress during delivery.
• Baby’s APGAR scores may be higher.

Benefits for mom

• Faster labor and delivery (especially when the mother is under regular chiropractic care!)
• Mom can walk around, soak in the tub, go to the bathroom, and change positions during labor.
• Pain can be beneficial to mom as it helps her to know what stage of labor she is in, when she may need to shift positions, and when it is time to push.
• Mom will not have to worry about having a post-epidural headache.
• Mom can get up and walk around shortly after birth.
• There may be less chance of having nausea, vomiting, dizziness or other side effects associated with pain medications.
• Mother will be less groggy after birth and have a faster recovery time.
• Natural childbirth may reduce the chance of needing a c-section.
• Mom may have a more positive birth experience or feel empowered by having natural childbirth. Some women compare natural childbirth with running a marathon. The sense of accomplishment can be a rewarding event.
• You’re less likely than women who get epidurals to need interventions such as oxytocin (Pitocin) to make your contractions stronger, bladder catheterization, or a vacuum extraction or forceps delivery.
• Your partner can be involved in the process as you work together to manage your pain.
• Breastfeeding is facilitated

At Stewart Chiropractic Center, we see a variety of people with a variety of health conditions. The great news is that with our thorough chiropractic assessment we get to the cause of your health issues restoring you and your family to a greater state of wellbeing. Here are just a few of the things we see on a regular basis in our health center.

• Allergies
• Asthma
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Autism
• Auto Accidents
• Back Pain
• Bed Wetting
• Carpel Tunnel
• Colic
• Constipation
• Cramping
• Digestive Issues
• Ear Infections
• Eye Sight Issues
• Fatigue
• Fibromyalgia
• GERD
• Headaches
• Herniated Discs
• High Blood Pressure
• Immunity Issues
• Infertility
• Migraines
• Menstrual Issues
• Neck Pain
• Nosebleeds
• Numbness & Tingling
• Pinched Nerves
• Pregnancy
• Sciatica
• Slipped Disc
• Stress
• Thyroid Problems
• Ulcers
• Vertigo
• Whiplash

At Stewart Chiropractic Center we specialize in detecting, analyzing, correcting or in some cases minimizing Vertebral Subluxation. Our education programs are designed to help you heal as fast as possible and to achieve a state of Optimal Health. Most importantly we will help you learn how to keep your spine and the spines of your family healthy into the future.

We provide Specific, Scientific, Chiropractic Adjustments over time and with repetition to correct the cause…the Vertebral Subluxation. We get amazing results. We look forward to serving you!

A positive report was published in the November / December 1999 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics concerning the effects of chiropractic on the symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome. The study was completed on 25 women. Estimates of the prevalence of this condition vary depending on criteria. This study estimated that between 10% and 20% of reproductive age women have severe symptoms associated with this condition.

The study included chiropractic adjustments for a ten day period prior to the beginning of the subjects cycles. The women were asked to monitor their symptoms and rate them with a score using “0” = none to “3” = severe. The results showed a reduction in symptoms from between 42% and 32% for the group that received chiropractic for only a short time.

Although these findings are encouraging, and long term study would be interesting to see if the results were even greater, the researchers concluded, “results support the hypothesis that the symptoms associated with PMS can be reduced by chiropractic”.

Chiropractic Education

Doctors of Chiropractic complete 4 years of undergraduate school and 4 years of graduate school. They are required to pass National and State board examinations to obtain licensure. Once licensed, continuing post-graduate education is required for annual license renewal.

This table compares professional graduate school educations for the Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) and the Medical Doctor (M.D.).