An Update on Foot Massage – I was WRONG!
July 26, 2008 by Gabrielle
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
These are the kinds of comments you love to wake up to. I have already forwarded it on to hubby. I wanted to repost it here just in case ladies (with sore feet cursing my name since I said be careful)missed it in the comments section of this post.
Many, many thanks to reader Amy Kreydin for setting me straight. Here is her advice on getting a foot massage while expecting:
As a board certified reflexologist and a DONA trained birth doula I can tell you having a foot rub from your husband isn’t going to bring on labor. He would have …read more
What?!? No More Foot Massages?
July 25, 2008 by Gabrielle
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
So there I was, enjoying a nice foot massage from my hubby at the tail end of mandatory 24-hour bedrest. All of a sudden, he pulled his hands away as if my feet were on fire.
“Honey, gosh. I mean, I’m sure my feet are stinky but you don’t have to be a jerk about it.”
“No no! Isn’t there some sort of acupressure “point of death” around there? I thought you read about it someplace.”
Crap. Did I?
Sigh. I suppose I did.
Families.com says:
Acupressure, also referred to as reflexology, has the ability to trigger uterine contractions if done in specific points of the …read more




