Ms. Murphy is Certified in Pregnancy and Postpartum Massage Therapy - by Kate Jordan, La Jolla, California 2003.

For your health and your baby's!
Pregnancy is a time of changes, some eagerly embraced and others less welcomed. Your entire body adapts to the new life growing within you. You also face important life changes at home or at work with family or friends. You need and deserve support especially since two people now depend on your health and vitality.
Massage is a wonderful way to relax, increase your energy and relieve discomfort during your pregnancy. The caring touch of massage can help you experience your changing body in a positive, accepting way. Massage can also be something special for you at a time when so much of your attentions are on the baby.
Coping with stress and fatigue
The tension caused by stress along with the physical changes of pregnancy can sap your energy for coping day-to-day. A soothing massage can relieve physical and emotional tension and help you sleep better as well as boost your energy.

Massage loosens tight muscles and calms the nervous systems. It also increases circulation bringing energy-producing nutrients to your cells and carrying away metabolic waste products that can make you feel listless. In a massage you also become more aware of your body which helps you recognize tension as it builds during the day and consciously release it.
Easing aches and pains
Massage can help with many of the aces and pains you experience as your body changes during pregnancy, Massage can:
Relive pain in your muscles and joints that moist support extra weight;
Increase flexibility making it easier for your body to adjust to additional weight;
Relieve abdominal soreness caused by an active baby's kick;
Ease constipation, gas and heartburn as general relaxation stimulates intestinal movement;
Reduce excess fluid retention by gently pushing fluid into circulation where it can be eliminated;
Slow the progress of varicose veins as enhanced circulation lowers pressure on bulging veins;
Relieve headaches caused by tension, constipation or buildup of metabolic waste products.