Prenatal Chiropractic & Postpartum Chiropractic

Balancing bodies for a healthier pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recovery

Reduce discomfort in pregnancy

Help baby find the right birth position

Encourage better milk production postpartum

Dr. Jacqueline Merced

Ease pregnancy pains and enjoy easier postpartum recovery

There are no two ways about it: pregnancy is hard work! As your body works to grow a new life and sustain your own, pelvic imbalance and nervous system malfunction can cause severe pain and discomfort. 

Dr. Jacqueline uses The Webster’s Technique, which is used in pregnancy and addresses sacral subluxation with the release of the round ligament to help balance the pelvis during pregnancy.

Book a session with Dr. Jacqueline to explore how she can support a positive birth story for you and your baby.

Dr. Jacqueline uses the Webster Technique in her prenatal care, a safe and gentle technique for analyzing and correcting sacral subluxation in pregnancy.

Prenatal and postpartum chiropractic

As a mom, Dr. Jacqueline understands the toll pregnancy and postpartum recovery take on your body. With restorative chiropractic care and the proven Webster Technique, she works to give you a pregnancy, labor, and postpartum experience that glows with good health.

Supporting pregnancy

  • Address center of gravity changes that cause discomfort
  • Reduce lower back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, headaches, public bone pain, and round ligament pain

Supporting labor and delivery

  • Webster’s Technique for pelvic balance, encouraging baby’s optimal position at birth
  • Reduce stress on mom’s nervous system
  • Reduce stress on baby’s nervous system

Supporting postpartum recovery

  • Stronger postpartum recovery
  • Better milk production
  • Reduce the need for pain medication postpartum

Maximize your body’s ability to heal

Your amazing mama body has the incredible ability to heal and nourish yourself and your baby. Using gentle yet precise chiropractic techniques, Dr. Jacqueline works to maximize your body’s healing potential, restoring its natural balance so you can enjoy a healthy pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recovery.

Ease musculoskeletal pain during pregnancy

Reduce the nerve trauma of labor for mom and baby

Enjoy stronger postpartum recovery with fewer pain medications

Happy moms and babies

Dr. Jacqueline is proud to have helped these mamas through their pregnancy and postpartum journeys.

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Mike Madden
December 20, 2024
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Joanie Brown
December 11, 2024

Dr. Merced is excellent! She is the best chiropractor that I have had. I highly recommend her.

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Kathleen Velez
November 18, 2024

I’m visiting VA from TX and I was really impressed after visiting Dr Jacqueline. I have chronic back pain and after the first visit I didn’t have any for about 7 days. I just finished another session today and I feel awsome.

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Intake and examination

At your first session, Dr. Jacqueline will perform three scans of your nervous system. She’ll chat with you about the pains you’ve experienced during pregnancy and postpartum recovery and listen to your health history.

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A plan for balanced health

In your second appointment, Dr. Jacqueline will outline a plan for chiropractic techniques, therapeutic exercise, and noninvasive lifestyle and diet adjustments that will improve your pregnancy and postpartum experiences.

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Begin your chiropractic journey

With a plan in place, Dr. Jacqueline will begin performing gentle, safe chiropractic adjustments to address today’s symptoms and help prevent body imbalance as you progress through your pregnancy.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is chiropractic safe during pregnancy?

When administered by a licensed Doctor of Chiropractic, chiropractic care is entirely safe during pregnancy. Prenatal and postpartum chiropractic are two of Dr. Jacqueline’s subspecialties, and she has helped many happy mamas find more comfortable, healthier pregnancies. She uses gentle, careful techniques that are proven to be safe for prenatal and postpartum patients.

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How can chiropractic help with pregnancy symptoms?

Pregnancy is at once exhilarating and exhausting. It’s a wonderful time, but it comes with some less-than-wonderful side effects like nausea, back pain, muscle pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, headaches - the list goes on! Chiropractic can reduce those symptoms by easing pressure on nerves and minimizing muscular strain and joint pain.

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How does chiropractic help position my baby for birth?

To answer this question, we’d like to start by making an important distinction: we do not turn babies. Instead, we help position mom’s body and correct any pelvic imbalances so that the conditions are right for the baby to find the right birth position of their own accord.

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Does Dr. The Webster's Technique, used in pregnancy, that address sacral subluxation with the release of the round ligament to help balance the pelvis during pregnancy use other techniques besides chiropractic?

As a family chiropractor, Dr. Jacqueline takes a comprehensive view of the body and how it changes. She knows that good health is the sum of many parts, and to help you enjoy the healthiest possible pregnancy, she uses comforting soft tissue techniques, therapeutic exercise, and offers sound nutrition advice.

Enjoy an easier pregnancy and postpartum recovery

Pregnancy, and postpartum recovery are hard enough without joint pain and discomfort!  Let Dr. Jacqueline ease some of the pain and stress of the birthing experience.