Acupressure for Support Person

In this course, the support person will learn how to give emotional support through acupressure, touch, and encourage beneficial hormonal support.

• Late pregnancy

  • Encourage baby to move into optimal position for delivery

  • Encourage onset of labor prior to known/planned medical intervention

• Labor and delivery

  • Establish effective contractions

  • Pain labor relief

  • Nasuea treatment

  • To assist the baby to move down into the pelvis and to encourage effective pushing 

    
    

• Postpartum care

  • Placenta delivery

  • Breastmilk letdown