根據多項國外權威性的婦科報告顯示*,孕婦按摩(又稱大肚按摩或產前按摩)對準媽媽及胎兒有著許多好處,包括:
有效減輕準媽媽的焦慮情緒
改善睡眠品質
紓緩孕期不適如腰酸背痛和手腳水腫、減輕分娩時的痛楚
降低患上產後抑鬱症的機會
減少準媽媽的情緒變化對腹中寶寶的健康成長亦有正面幫助
* Pregnant women benefit from massage therapy, Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1999, Field, T., Hernandez-Reif, M., Hart, S., Theakston, H., Schanberg, S., Kuhn, C. & Burman, I
Labor pain is reduced by massage therapy, Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecologyr, 1997, 18, 286-291, Field, T., Hernandez-Reif, M., Hart, S., Theakston, H., Schanberg, S., Kuhn, C. & Burman, I