Pregnancy & New Family
“Scientific studies shows the consequences of stress during pregnancy for both child and mother such as depression, social and emotional implications. Luckily studies also demonstrates the positive effects that yoga and mindfulness have during pregnancy, labour and postpartum such as; self-regulation, physical exercises, stress- and pain relief, tools that we work with at MABL.” - MABL Consultant & Midwife, Lisa Heidelbach.
Studies on Fertility, Pregnancy & Stress:
ScienceDirect: Prenatal work stress is associated with prenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety (MoBa)
ScienceDirect: Stress During Pregnancy and the Development of Diseases in the offspring
ScienceDirect: Maternal stress during pregnancy and early childhood development
ScienceDirect: Prospective association of maternal psychosocial stress in pregnancy with newborn hippocampal volume and implications for infant social-emotional…
Jordemoderforeningen: Graviditet og stress
Harvard Review of Psychiatry: Mindfulness and Behaviour
Stanford University: Pregnancy & Mental Health
Sage Journals: Effects of Mindful Yoga on Sleep in Pregnant Women
Online toolkit for expecting and new families
An increasing demand for workplace strategies to reduce stress and support expecting- and new families in relation to mental health is on a rise. A new study found that women dealing with work stress during pregnancy are more likely to experience subsequent depression and anxiety (MoBa Study, 2022). An indication for why sick leave among pregnant women and employee churn rates are spiking in many organisations.
Online birth preparation, acupressure points, birthing theory and postnatal training with our Midwife Lisa Heidelbach - to help expecting families deal with stress, and prepare for their new life to come.
Watch a short clip from one of the online “Birth Preparation Sessions” (in Danish) that our companies and individual members get access to in the App.
Midwife Consultations at work/ home/ online
Midwife Consultations and Private Birth Preparation Sessions for you and your partner at your home, work or online. This is a supplement to the Public Offers and in 90 minutes we focus on your individual needs in relation to your thoughts, body, baby and birth.
Midwife consultations includes
Listen to your baby’s heart rate
Measuring the weight of your baby
Blood pressure & urine stix
Birth talk, pain relieve, when, how, what..
Teamwork and the partners role
Breastfeeding
Becoming a new family
Sex, love, emotions & hormones
Fear and other serious issues
And all the questions you may have
E-mail lisa@mindandbodylab.com to book your private Midwife Consultation.
Price 999,- / hour in person or online
Postnatal yoga
Taking time for you is not easy with a baby, and the idea of “sleeping when the baby is sleeping during the day” is difficult for most women.
We provide you with 10-20 minutes online postnatal yoga sessions, easy to follow at home with the baby next to you, and to provide you with renewed energy and a clear(er) mind.
Postnatal rectus diastasis check-up, breathing exercises, meditation to calm your nervous system and customised postnatal yoga poses to regain strength.
Benefits
· Reduce stress
· Balance your hormones
· Release tensions in your body from carrying your baby
· Work on rectus diastasis and build up your pelvic floor
· Breathing exercises providing oxygen and energy for your body
You don’t need to be an experienced yoga practitioner to join our online prenatal yoga class. We will however always recommend you to listen to your body and never push it too hard and always contact your Doctor if you feel pain or discomfort when training.
Watch a short clip from one of the online “Postnatal Sessions” that our companies and individual members get access to in the App.
E-mail lisa@mindandbodylab.com to book your private session.
Price 999,- / hour in person or online
Prenatal yoga
Pregnancy puts a lot of pressure on your body: Hormones, ligaments, feelings and thoughts about the life you are making. Recent studies from Stanford University, show that up to 20% of women experience mood or anxiety disorders during the pregnancy and postpartum periods.
Our online Pregnancy Sessions helps prepare your mind and body for giving birth and relax in times where your system is working under pressure.
Preparation for your mind and body
Soft and carefully selected yoga poses. Your breath is an important focus and we will provide you with tools and techniques to calm your mind and body during your pregnancy and to use when the baby comes.
We are guiding you through different series of yoga poses to relax and align your body, strengthen your pelvic floor and release tensions in your lower back. We also use meditative guidance and music to help you mentally relax and prepare.
Benefits
· Reduce stress
· Balance your hormones
· Release tensions in your body from carrying your baby
· Increase connection with your baby
· Train your mind/body connection for birth
You don’t need to be an experienced yoga practitioner to join our online prenatal yoga class. We will however always recommend you to listen to your body and never push it too hard and always contact your Doctor if you feel pain or discomfort when training.
Help with breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is not always as easy as it looks like and why we offer a Private Midwife Consultation for you and your partner at your home. Focus is on your birth experience, your baby and breastfeeding.
Midwife visit after birth includes
Talk about the birth
Focus on breastfeeding incl. positions, tips and tricks, help with sore nipples, pumping out etc. (and/or bottle feeding)
Checking up on the stitching
Talk about the new family, challenges, less sleep, love and sex
E-mail lisa@mindandbodylab.com to book your private Midwife visit after birth.
Price 999,- / hour in person or online