Doula, Midwifery, and Postnatal Concepts, Treatments, and Practices | Page 8

Kon Sau | Thai Hot Stone Compresses and Massage
Kon-Sau Hot Stone Compress Massage is a specific variation of a hot stones treatment used as a traditional postnatal heat therapy (part of Thai Yu Fai [ ... ]

Traditional Ovary Massage Treatments in Thailand
There are quite some traditional genital massages and other genital treatments to be found in Thailand, but apart from Ovarian Massage techniques appl [ ... ]

Thai Traditional Abdominal Binding Practices
In Thailand, abdominal wrapping or abdominal binding (also called belly wrapping or tummy wrapping) is mainly part of postnatal practices done in the [ ... ]

Thai Hot Herbal Compresses for Postpartum Care
In Thailand, hot herbal compress massage is one of the traditional treatments used in the postpartum (postnatal) period. A herbal compress is a round [ ... ]

Sitting Over Charcoal | Thai Traditional Postnatal Practice
Vaginal steaming, today popularly known as V-Spa, and in Thailand called “sitting over charcoal,” (or sitting above charcoal) is a traditional met [ ... ]

Dietary Restrictions During the Thai Traditional Postpartum Period
Nutritional intake during the Yu Duan traditional Thai postpartum period is aimed at supporting recovery of the new mother and the production of plent [ ... ]

Thai Hot Salt-Filled Clay Pot Compresses Massage
Treatments with heated salt-filled clay pot compresses are typically used in the Thai postpartum Yu Fai period. Sessions usually take somewhere betwee [ ... ]

Thai Traditional Infant Care after Childbirth
Traditionally in Thailand, there’s an extended postpartum rest period for the mother (Yu Duan period), and relatives will assist or play a dominant [ ... ]

Thai Traditional Kao Krachome Postnatal Steaming
Restorative heat therapies, notably hot herbal treatments, are an important aspect of Thai Yu Fai postnatal treatments. Being part of Yu Fai, Thai tra [ ... ]

Kud Thong | Thai Traditional Massage During Childbirth
Kud Thong Massage is a specific type of traditional Thai Massage applied by Thai traditional midwives for pregnant women, but generally not before the [ ... ]