Pharmacology

Biography

Biography: Yeliz Çakır Koçak

Abstract

The review aims to give some information about pre-perinatal massage and its importance for pregnant women and fetuses.

It is widely well-known that the nourishing touch provides an enjoyable experience for mothers and babies while improving health outcomes for mothers, babies, and also their families. However, evidence-based studies show that pre-perinatal massage therapy delivered by a nurturing touch benefits pregnant women and their babies. Studies show that massage therapy applied in the pre-perinatal period has positive effects on pregnant women and their babies; reduction of anxiety and/or depression, improvement of mood, reduced anger, better sleep quality, waist, back and/or leg less pain, more positive birth experience, more positive birth perception and less pain in labor, reduced fatigue, increased comfort, decreased stress hormones, less prenatal distress and more prenatal attachment, reduction of physiological lower leg edema, fewer complications during labor, better neonatal outcomes (less prematurity and low birth weight, better adaptation and motor response), a healthier immune system in babies and mothers.