When I was pregnant I felt overwhelmed sometimes by all that I had to do to prepare for my baby and all else motherhood had in store. I wished for a space where I could go to just relax for a minute and maybe find like minded women who were expecting as well. I found classes at a pregnancy ultrasound center outside of Detroit. It was nice but no one looked like me or could understand my concerns fully around birth. I also had hip and back discomfort.
Being a licensed Massage Therapist, I knew that I could use a massage but who would be best to see. Surely, I did not want to put my trust in the local franchise chain massage center who only worked with pregnant women once a year and felt prenatal massage was a chore rather than a honor so I suffered in silence. Well that is half true, I saught help from a family chiropractor. It helped a little but I needed muscular massage not just adjustments.
Once my baby was born, I tried going to spas but with my husband at work I had no one I trusted to watch the baby. If only there was a space for new moms I thought. I previously had a spa in my house so I figured I'd refresh my memory of prenatal and postpartum massage and take classes to be proficient in it and make my spa into a maternity Spa for Moms like me. The process to become a maternity Spa was easy, however, I had a newborn and a year later discovered I was pregnant again. It wasn't until the pandemic began that Spa Oguzor begin to get recognition as a maternity Spa. I then realized that women needed more support than a massage and went to school for doula support.
Long story short, Spa Oguzor is a Maternity Spa and doula service seeking to assist those in Detroit with pregnancy related pain and education around birth and postpartum. Feel free to reach out. -Sonya Harris-Oguzor