Perineal Massage - How To Do Perineal Stretching And Why
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Perineal massage is an important way to prepare your perineum before birth. This not only aids you in labor but can also provide some pleasure and sensual connection to your own body as it changes through gestation.
What isn’t divulged by the midwife or doctor is how this process doesn’t have to be purely a medical one – it can be a potentially sensual experience too. We spoke to Sexological Bodyworker, Jessica Parker, to find out more about the ability to connect with your sensual self during perineum massage before birth.
She told us that it’s so important to connect with that area. It’s a spot that you don’t normally focus on but will undergo a lot of strain during pregnancy and birth. You need to learn how to relax, contract, and manipulate your body with the baby. “You’ll have the actual biofeedback of that area”, rather than pushing against the unknown and leaving it as a painful mystery the doctors will solve.
This physical connection to yourself will also help you to reconnect with yourself postpartum. Sex after giving birth can be a whole new experience, especially coming accustomed to your new body. This area doesn’t have to be reduced to a baby machine, because you already know of the pleasurable potentials. The perineum can also be an erogenous zone if you stimulate it as one.