Master the full clinical scope of pregnancy massage — from first trimester to postpartum recovery
A comprehensive 6-hour professional training that equips licensed massage therapists with safe, effective prenatal and postnatal massage techniques — from first trimester to postpartum recovery — including critical contraindication protocols.
"Confident prenatal practice isn't built on caution alone — it's built on understanding exactly why each protocol exists."— Steven B Glover
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Perform safe, trimester-specific full-body prenatal massage using correct positioning, bolstering, and draping protocols.
- Identify and apply at least 12 key contraindications and site-specific cautions unique to pregnant and postpartum clients.
- Execute evidence-based postnatal massage sequences that address common postpartum complaints including diastasis recti awareness, scar tissue, and hormonal shifts.
- Adapt pressure, technique, and body mechanics to accommodate the physiological changes of pregnancy across all three trimesters.
- Conduct a thorough client intake and health history screening to assess risk level and obtain informed consent for perinatal massage.
- Build a marketable specialty service — including session structure, pricing, and referral relationships with OBs and midwives — to grow a pregnancy massage clientele.
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 12 lessons
Foundations of Perinatal Massage & Client Safety
Establishes the essential knowledge base every massage therapist needs before touching a pregnant or postpartum client. Students build anatomical and physiological literacy, learn how pregnancy transforms every major body system across all three trimesters, and practice conducting a thorough intake and risk-screening conversation that culminates in documented informed consent. This module is deliberately placed first because all technique, positioning, and contraindication decisions downstream depend on this foundational understanding.
- 1.1Physiological Changes of Pregnancy Across All Three TrimestersIncluded
- 1.2Client Intake, Health History Screening & Informed ConsentIncluded
Contraindications, Cautions & Site-Specific Protocols
Provides a comprehensive, clinically grounded framework for identifying when massage is unsafe, when it requires modification, and which anatomical sites demand special care throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period. Students move well beyond a memorized list to develop genuine clinical reasoning — understanding the 'why' behind each restriction so they can think on their feet with clients whose presentations don't fit a textbook description. Positioned before technique modules so that safety thresholds are internalized before hands-on practice begins.
- 2.1Absolute & Relative Contraindications for Prenatal MassageIncluded
- 2.2Site-Specific Cautions, Acupressure Points & Abdominal WorkIncluded
Prenatal Positioning, Bolstering & Draping Mastery
Translates physiological and safety knowledge into hands-on environmental setup. Students master the three primary positioning systems used in prenatal massage — sidelying, semi-reclined, and supported prone — understanding the clinical reasoning behind each, the bolstering sequences required to execute them safely, and the draping adjustments that preserve both client comfort and professional standards. Correct body mechanics for the therapist are integrated throughout. This module is placed before technique modules so that students can focus entirely on technique during those sessions rather than troubleshooting positioning mid-sequence.
- 3.1Sidelying, Semi-Reclined & Supported Prone PositioningIncluded
- 3.2Draping, Body Mechanics & Table Setup for Prenatal SessionsIncluded
Trimester-Specific Prenatal Massage Techniques
The hands-on core of the prenatal section. Students learn and practice full-body massage sequences calibrated to the distinct physiological landscape of each trimester. First and second trimester work establishes foundational strokes, pressure guidelines, and full-body flow. Third trimester work layers in specialized techniques for edema, sciatic discomfort, pelvic girdle pain, and birth preparation. All technique practice takes place with positioning, bolstering, and draping protocols from the previous module already in place, allowing students to integrate the full clinical skill set.
- 4.1First & Second Trimester Techniques — Foundations & Full-Body FlowIncluded
- 4.2Third Trimester Techniques — Comfort, Edema & Birth PreparationIncluded
Postnatal Massage — Postpartum Recovery Sequences & Special Considerations
Shifts focus from prenatal to postnatal care, recognizing that the postpartum period is a distinct clinical landscape with its own physiological trajectory, emotional texture, and structural concerns. Students learn the timing and pacing of postnatal massage introduction, the specific anatomy of diastasis recti and how to screen for it before applying any core-adjacent techniques, approaches to cesarean and perineal scar tissue, and how to structure a full postpartum session that addresses the characteristic complaints of new mothers — upper back and neck strain from feeding, hip and pelvic floor tension, sleep deprivation fatigue, and the hormonal volatility of the fourth trimester.
- 5.1Postpartum Physiology, Timing & Diastasis Recti AwarenessIncluded
- 5.2Postnatal Massage Sequences — Full Body, Scar Tissue & Hormonal SupportIncluded
Building Your Pregnancy Massage Specialty Practice
Bridges clinical competence and professional success. Students design their own prenatal and postnatal service offerings — including session structures, pricing strategy, and intake systems — and develop a relationship-building plan with referral partners in the obstetric and midwifery communities. Marketing language that is accurate, professional, and compelling to expecting and new parents is practiced. The module also covers scope-of-practice boundaries, professional liability considerations specific to perinatal work, and how to continue developing expertise after this course. Placed last so that students are building a business around a skill set they have fully developed.
- 6.1Session Structure, Pricing & Specialty Service DesignIncluded
- 6.2Referral Relationships, Marketing & Growing Your Pregnant ClienteleIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Newly Licensed Therapists
Ready to differentiate their practice from day one by adding a sought-after specialty backed by real clinical training.
Established LMTs Expanding Services
Experienced therapists who've been informally offering prenatal work and want a rigorous framework to do it safely and confidently.
Massage Therapy Students
Enrolled students who want to graduate with a specialty certification already in hand and a clear path to a defined clientele.
Spa & Wellness Clinic Therapists
Therapists in spa settings where prenatal services are in demand but proper clinical training hasn't always been provided.
Integrative Health Practitioners
Therapists working alongside doulas, midwives, or OBs who need the clinical credibility and contraindication knowledge to be a trusted referral partner.
Private Practice Owners
Solo practitioners looking to build a loyal, referral-driven prenatal clientele and structure a premium specialty service with confidence.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Steven B Glover
If you've been hesitant to offer prenatal massage — or you've been offering it but quietly uncertain whether you're doing it safely — you are not alone. Pregnancy sits at an intersection of joy and genuine physiological complexity, and the stakes of getting it wrong feel high. That hesitation is clinically appropriate. It means you're taking this seriously. This training is built for exactly where you are.
Prenatal Touch Pro was developed to give massage therapists the structured clinical foundation this specialty deserves. Not a surface-level overview, and not an overwhelming medical text — but a methodical, six-hour training that takes you from the physiology of the first trimester all the way through postpartum scar tissue and hormonal recovery, with the contraindication framework and positioning technique built into every step. You'll learn what to do, why you're doing it, and — just as importantly — when not to proceed.
I know that what therapists need most in this specialty is not just technique. It's the confidence that comes from understanding why the protocols exist. When you understand how progesterone and relaxin affect ligament laxity, why certain acupressure points are contraindicated, and how the vascular changes of late pregnancy inform your positioning decisions, you stop working from a checklist and start working as a clinician. That shift is what this course is designed to produce.
By the time you complete this training, you'll have the skills to take a client through a full intake and health history screening, position and bolster her appropriately for any trimester, deliver a safe and effective full-body session, and provide postpartum care that genuinely supports her recovery. You'll also have what you need to build a practice around this work — the session structure, the pricing framework, and the referral relationships with OBs and midwives who are looking for therapists they can confidently send patients to.
Pregnant clients are seeking skilled, knowledgeable touch. They deserve a therapist who has done this work. I'd like to help you become that therapist.
— Steven B Glover
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