The Birth Companion
Spiky Acupressure Balls
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Birth combs have become popular again in modern birthing. They have been used for centuries as a natural pain relief option. The Birth Companion is the next best thing!
These wooden porcupine spiky balls fit beautifully in the palm of the hand to provide natural pain relief via acupressure or reflexology points.
Research shows that acupressure is “an effective, non-invasive and easily applicable technique to reduce labour pain” and one unique tool that is becoming increasingly popular for practising this is The Birth Companion.
Point Location:
These points lie along the creases of the hands where the fingers join the palm. These are said to help release endorphins (the body’s natural painkillers) into the body. Applying pressure across the creases of the hands where the fingers join the palm or across the middle of the palm—whatever is the most comfortable. These are said to help release endorphins (the body’s natural painkillers) into the body.
They can also be used on the feet. Kidney 1 acupressure point is in the ball of the foot.
Kidney 1 in Traditional Chinese Medicine is translated as The Bubbling Spring.
Calms the Spirit & relieves restlessness
Eases Fear & Anxiety
Clears the mind & aids memory
Helps Insomnia from agitation and/or fear
Spirit Level
This point brings a surge of fresh, revitalizing, renewing, invigorating, and pure life force to that which is wilting, drained or exhausted. Ultimately it restores hope and optimism.
Point Location:
On the sole of the foot, between the second and third metatarsal bones, approximately one-third of the distance between the base of the second toe and the heel, in a depression formed when the foot is plantar flexed.
What a fabulous point to use during birth!
If you are keen to avoid medical pain relief you need to have many ‘tools in your toolbox’ to help you achieve this. Grab yourself a set of The Birth Companion Porcupine Balls for your Birth Kit today.
Picked with care
The Porcupine (7cm diameter with sharp spikes) comes in two different wood sorts. The lighter yellowish wood type used is the hardwood, neem, whereas the darker wood is acacia. Both tree sorts have been used since ancient times to create treatments for wounds and skin conditions, and are still used today for toothbrushes or chewing sticks for oral hygiene in India. The Birth Companion balls are hand-crafted and we do take great care in ensuring the exact size, however, it can slightly differ from its intended size of 7cm. Please note: Colours of wood can slightly vary.
We take pride in using sustainably sourced harvested hard-wood for our products. Generic plastic tools just don’t feel the same!
The Founder of The Birth Companion Louise is passionate about all things pregnancy, birth & postpartum.
She is a Mother, Registered Midwife, HypnoBirthing Educator, Acupuncturist, Pregnancy Massage Practitioner & owner of Life Naturally in the beautiful seaside town Inverloch, Victoria.
She supports lots of women preparing for this life changing time of life and helps them ‘pack their tool box’ for labour & birth.
“Weather you are looking forward to labour, are ambivalent about it or even dreading it having some strategies to help is the key, especially if you want to avoid medical pain relief. The Birth Companion spiky balls are essential.”
- Louise Norton. Founder