Does Anyone have pregnancy massage clientele

[Hey you]

I am thinking about starting a massage business that caters to women during pregnancy. Is there any one doing this and what would be the advice on doing so. Please let me know what the advaneforum.xxxes and disadvaneforum.xxxes are or would be. Thank you so much.

 

[ello!]

maybe I misunderstood, are you ONLY catering to pregnant women in your business, or just offering pregnancy massage as well as other services?

 

[CeciMoon]

I do a lot of pregnancy massage, though it's not the only modality I do.

I use a bodyCushion and have the client face down, I know how to do sidelying, but also know I couldn't do more than one side lying massage in a row, with the bodyCushion, I can do pregnancy massage after pregnancy massage. I've heard similar comments from another therapist that does lots of pregnancy massage.

With pregnancy massage you get a very loyal clientele during their pregnancy, most of them drop off after they have the baby, the only way I keep seeing most of the ones I do see is to change to home visits (they get one free home visit after the birth if they've been seeing me regularly through the pregnancy - sometimes it gets upgraded to include the father, and then everyone realises the benefits, and they usually become regular home visits)
There are also a lot of one off booking the week or 2 before they are due, or the first week of their maternity leave, and then they may book one more, those you only see in the last month you don't see again.

I wouldn't like to only rely on pregnancy massage - there really are cycles (September is a big baby boom time in Australia (9 months after summer holidays/Chirstmas/New Year ) so June-September is my busy time, that's the middle of winter, where people tend to stop their regular massages, so it handles the winter lull for other types of massage)

Advaneforum.xxxes - It's really really really easy massage (not doing side lying), hardly any deep work, very effective, very loyal clients. I also promote postnatal massage and sell a lot of gift certificates for that, ever changing client base.

Disadvaneforum.xxxes - the cyclic nature, you don't see most of them after they've had the baby, ever changing client base (yes it's an advaneforum.xxxe and disadvaneforum.xxxe), you've got to be in an area with a lot of new mothers, no good being in a major retirement area, or a very upmarket area where you can charge a LOT for the select market.

 

[Madeline]

I do tons of pregnancy massage, although, like others, not exclusively. I'm also a doula, and a counselor who specializes in surgical birth recovery, birth trauma, and VBAC issues.

I find side lying to be fine, although perhaps I'm justifying being too cheap to buy a bodyCushion. We actually used them in my advanced training, albeit, only in the sidelying postion. They were highly cool.

As far as advaneforum.xxxes go, pregnant women really do appreciate massage, especially in the hip area. I include one pregnancy massage in my doula work, as I like to get my hands on them before labor begins. And plus, then I've already seen them naked-ish!

I also offer tons of different packages, including infant massage, lactation consulting (from my business partner), pregnancy photography (from our artist in residence), as well as many others. Itreally helps generate sales.

The disadvaneforum.xxxes have been mentioned. Its definitely cyclical ( I turned away 10 people for doula services in August, yet barely managed to be booked last April), and mothers sually drop off after they have had their babies.

Its wonderful work, and I really wish you well should you choose to pursue it.

 

[Gilb]

Thank you so much

Your replies have really helped me. Thank you for the tips. I have a lot to think about now.