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Birth With Power

Ep 284: Keeping an Open Mind with Infant Craniosacral Therapist Meaghan Beames

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9637 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

When exploring ‘alternative’ therapies, it’s crucial to understand the training and qualifications of practitioners. Although licensure and certification aren’t guarantees, they certainly help give you some assurance that the person is trained and capable. This week’s guest, Meaghan Beames, is a Registered Massage Therapist and Craniosacral Therapist who teaches perinatal professionals how to incorporate CST into their practices.

Now, I will be honest, I was a little hesitant about this episode. While craniosacral therapy is offered at many mainstream big institutions like the Cleveland Clinic, Duke, or Harvard, some folks say that craniosacral therapy is pseudoscience and it's relatively new in pregnancy and infants. But I ultimately decided that this is important information to share. I learned a lot and you will too.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

  • What craniosacral therapy is and how it works
  • Which pregnancy and infant conditions craniosacral therapy can help with
  • How craniosacral therapy works and which areas of the body it targets
  • How many sessions are typically recommended
  • What to look for in a craniosacral therapist 
  • What research says about the effectiveness of craniosacral therapy


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0:00.0

In this episode, we're talking about a topic that's really new to me, craniosacral therapy.

0:12.4

Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. If you're having a baby in the hospital,

0:18.1

you are giving birth in a system that too often takes away power from

0:21.6

women over what happens in their own bodies. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a practicing

0:27.0

board certified OBGYN, who's had the privilege of helping well over a thousand babies into this

0:32.4

world. I've been a doctor for over 20 years, and I'm here to help you take back your power,

0:38.8

advocate for yourself, and have the beautiful pregnancy and birth that you deserve. This podcast is for educational purposes

0:44.3

only and it's not a substitute for medical advice. Check out the full disclaimer at Dr.Nockelrenkins.com

0:49.8

over slash disclaimer. Now let's get to it. Want to feel more calm and confident about giving birth? The birth with power brief is my

1:00.8

free weekly email that gives you a fun pregnancy fact, one mind set shift, and one small

1:09.7

step to prepare without the overwhelm. It's like having me in your

1:15.6

corner cheering you on every Thursday. Don't miss it. Head to Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash

1:23.0

email to sign up today. Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode

1:29.9

number 284, whether it is your first time listening or you have listened before. I'm so glad.

1:37.3

You're spending some time with me today. In today's episode, we have Megan Beams. Megan is a registered

1:43.8

massage therapist, a craniosacral

1:47.4

therapist, and she's been treating babies with craniosacral therapy since 2018.

1:53.4

She owns a private clinic in downtown Toronto, and she's the founder of Beam's CST Training Center.

2:01.7

There she teaches health professionals in the perinatal space to use craniosacral therapy on babies.

2:08.5

Mankin's mission is to ensure that there are highly qualified infant craniosacral therapist

2:14.0

in every city in North America and beyond. So families can avoid common

2:19.4

struggles that are easily addressable like colic, reflux, and feeding issues. She is a mom, a

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