Women only
“Slept better than I have for months.”
That’s what women say after pregnancy massage done properly. Pregnancy massage in Stoke-on-Trent from a therapist trained for exactly this, in a private studio that only ever sees women.
Book an appointment30-minute pregnancy taster, £35. Pay in person.
FHT-accredited pregnancy massage training · qualified since 2008 · one therapist, every visit
Is pregnancy massage safe?
Yes, from your second trimester, with a therapist trained in pregnancy massage. There is no evidence that massage causes miscarriage or that pressure points trigger labour. Those stories trace back to myths about “toxins” and blood flow; even midwives debunk them publicly.
Here’s the part nobody tells you: when therapists refuse early pregnancy, it isn’t because massage is dangerous. Early miscarriage is sadly common for reasons that have nothing to do with massage, and therapists don’t want the blame for a coincidence. The caution protects them, not you.
What actually matters is the advice women give each other on every forum: check the therapist is specifically qualified for pregnancy. Here, you can check rather than trust. My pregnancy massage training (Massage for Pregnancy & Childbirth, TEACH Therapy, 2022) is FHT-accredited, and my membership is on the FHT public register. Verify it here.
Why your last massage didn’t help
“Stop rubbing my skin. It’s my muscles and joints that ache.” A pregnant woman wrote that after another feather-light massage, and if you’ve had one, you know exactly what she meant.
Most therapists aren’t trained for pregnancy, so they’re frightened of your bump and barely press at all. Training works the other way: it tells you where firm pressure helps and how to adapt for it. You lie comfortably on your side, pillowed at head, bump and knees, while the work goes where pregnancy actually puts the load. Lower back. Hips. The muscles around the sciatic nerve.
Pressure adapted. Not abandoned.
A room where you don’t have to watch anything
The studio is a log cabin in a quiet garden: one door, one table, one therapist. No salon footfall, no shared corridors, no stranger’s hands next visit. Women only, always.
That isn’t a rule about who’s excluded. It’s a design decision about what the hour is for: you can’t relax while any part of you is staying alert. Women tell us this in their own words: “felt safe and comfortable the whole time, and was actually able to relax.”
Who you’re booking with
- Massage for Pregnancy & Childbirth, TEACH Therapy, FHT-accredited, 2022
- Level 3 Diploma in Complementary Therapies, VTCT, 2010 · qualified since 2008
- Federation of Holistic Therapists member, listed on the public register
“I have had a massage today and I felt like I’m a different human being. Fran had a healing touch.”
Shiela “Wow, wow, wow – I’ve just had THE BEST EXPERIENCE… the oils used were phenomenal & the knowledge of aromatherapy really blew me away.”
Jade “An exceptional treatment, have booked for more treatments.”
Angela
Start with 30 minutes
Pregnancy taster, 30 minutes, £35
Enough to feel whether this works for your body before you commit to a full hour.
Full pregnancy massage, from £60
One hour with one therapist, the same person every visit.
Six sessions, £330 (£55 a session)
If massage becomes how you get through the trimester.
You book online and pay at the studio: it takes no money until you’ve been looked after.
8 Withies Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5QR.
Mon–Fri 10am–5pm, Sat 10am–4pm.
Your questions, answered
Every question answered. Nothing left to guess.
The pain isn’t going to ease itself, and the first 30 minutes costs £35.