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Prenatal & Postpartum

Your body goes through incredible changes during pregnancy and after birth. Gentle chiropractic care focuses on your nervous system, helping you move more comfortably, adapt to physical stress, and support your overall wellness—and your baby’s development.

Supporting your body and nervous system through pregnancy, birth, and recovery.

Why the Nervous
System Matters

A healthy nervous system ensures your body communicates efficiently, which is essential before and after birth.

  • Controls muscles, joints, and organs crucial for pregnancy and postpartum recovery

  • Supports your body’s ability to adapt to growth, labor, and healing

  • Helps regulate stress responses that can affect both you and your baby

Where Stress
Comes From

Pregnancy and early motherhood bring many physical and emotional challenges.

  • Hormonal changes loosen ligaments and joints

  • Weight gain and postural shifts put strain on your back, hips, and pelvis

  • Carrying, lifting, and feeding your baby adds new physical demands

  • Emotional stress, fatigue, and sleep disruption

What That Can
Look Like

Stress on the nervous system during pregnancy and postpartum can show up in subtle but important ways:

  • Difficulty regulating emotions, mood swings, or increased anxiety

  • Trouble sleeping or staying comfortable at night

  • Low energy, fatigue, or feeling “off balance”

  • Digestive changes, nausea, or bloating

  • Pelvic floor or core muscle tension affecting movement and stability

  • Difficulty adapting to labor or recovery postpartum

  • Challenges with breastfeeding or coordination of feeding

How Chiropractic
Care Helps

Chiropractic care supports your nervous system while relieving tension and improving alignment.

  • Reduces pain and discomfort before and after birth

  • Supports proper pelvic alignment for labor and postpartum recovery

  • Encourages optimal nervous system function for baby’s development

  • Promotes easier movement, faster recovery, and overall wellness

Your Support Plan

Every pregnancy and postpartum journey is unique. By prioritizing your nervous system and musculoskeletal health, chiropractic care gives you the tools to move with confidence, recover efficiently, and enjoy your time with your baby.

Webster Certified

Dr. Savanna is Webster Certified through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA), meaning she has advanced training in caring for pregnant mothers with a specialized focus on the nervous system and pelvis. The Webster Technique is a gentle, specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment that supports proper pelvic alignment and reduces tension within the surrounding muscles and ligaments.

By improving communication between the brain and body, this approach helps create more balance and ease throughout pregnancy. When the pelvis and nervous system are functioning optimally, it allows baby more room to move and position naturally, while helping mom feel more comfortable and supported.

Webster Certified care is not about “turning” babies—it’s about restoring balance to the body so it can adapt, function, and prepare for birth the way it was designed to.

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Address

409 Central Ave

Bedford, IA 50833

Eden Wellness Collective

200 N Dewey St

Maryville, MO 64468

Hours

Bedford Office:

Monday 9:00am - 12:00pm

Tuesday 2:00pm - 6:00pm

Thursday 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Maryville Office:

Monday 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Wednesday 2:00pm - 6:00pm

Thursday 9:00am - 12:00pm

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