List of medical contraindications to massage for pregnant women
If in doubt, ask your doctor for advice
- Heavy losses (water or blood)
- Diabetes
- Contagious disease
- Fever
- Severe vomiting
- Unusual pain
- Pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure, protein in the urine, significant weight gain, significant oedema)
- Diarrhoea
- Sickness
- Skin rash (bruising, inflammation)
- Pregnancy at risk
Even without these medical contraindications, massage is not recommended before the 4th month of pregnancy and after the 8th month