Holistic Health & Chiropractic Blog for Families in Kansas City
At Your Family Chiropractic, we believe wellness starts with understanding your body and how it’s designed to heal. This blog is your resource for holistic education—covering pregnancy, postpartum, infants, kids, and family health. Explore tips, insights, and stories to help your family live healthier, calmer, and more connected lives.
Understanding Your Child’s Health: Function Over Symptoms
Discover why pediatric health is about more than just symptoms. Learn how children's nervous system function affects sleep, digestion, behavior, and development. Your Family Chiropractic explains how gentle, nervous system-focused chiropractic care helps children shift from stress mode to thriving, using advanced INSiGHT scanning technology to assess function over symptoms.
Due Dates: And Why They’re Really Just “Guess Dates”
Only 4% of babies arrive on their predicted date! Learn how to manage the mental pressure of waiting, why those extra days benefit your baby's development, and practical self-care strategies for the final weeks. Find tips for handling those constant 'baby yet?' texts and how prenatal chiropractic care can support optimal birth positioning.
The Role of a Doula: How Birth Support Transforms the Pregnancy and Labor Experience
The Role of a Doula in Your Birth Journey
As both a board-certified perinatal chiropractor and trained birth doula, I provide comprehensive support throughout pregnancy and childbirth. Doulas offer continuous physical, emotional, and informational assistance that complements, not replaces, medical care and empowers mothers. Research shows doula support leads to shorter labors, fewer interventions, and greater birth satisfaction. My clients consistently report reduced anxiety, feeling advocated for, and experiencing more positive birth outcomes with doula care. My unique chiropractor-doula approach ensures optimal body alignment while creating a calm, supportive environment during one of life's most transformative experiences. Every mother deserves someone dedicated to making challenging moments manageable and joyous moments even sweeter.
3 Essentials for Your Pregnancy Wellness Routine
3 Essentials For Your Pregnancy Wellness Routine
Discover the 3 essential additions every expecting mom needs in her pregnancy wellness routine. Learn why protein is crucial for early development and morning sickness relief, how magnesium (including Epsom salt baths) supports over 300 bodily functions during pregnancy, and why electrolyte-balanced hydration is more important than water alone. This evidence-based guide from prenatal chiropractors provides practical tips to optimize your pregnancy nutrition, reduce discomfort, and support your changing body naturally.
Emotional Roadblocks That Can Slow Down Labor—and How to Overcome Them
Labor is as much an emotional experience as it is a physical one. While your body knows how to birth, emotions like fear, stress, and self-doubt can sometimes slow progress or make contractions feel more intense. The truth is—your mindset matters. At Your Family Chiropractic, we help expecting moms prepare for labor by understanding how the nervous system, stress response, and emotions work together during birth. In this post, we’ll explore how fear, stress, and lack of trust can interfere with your body’s natural rhythm—and share practical tools to help you stay calm, confident, and connected throughout your birth journey.
Nervous System Scans For Thriving Families
At Your Family Chiropractic, we believe that true wellness starts with understanding your nervous system—the control center for every function in your body. Through advanced INSiGHT scanning technology, we can see exactly how your body is adapting to stress and where support is needed. These scans are gentle, safe, and invaluable for families of all ages—from newborns to parents—helping us design individualized chiropractic care that promotes balance, healing, and resilience. Because when your nervous system thrives, your whole family does too.
What to Expect From Your Newborn Baby
Welcoming your baby into the world is magical—but it also comes with questions and new experiences. From unpredictable sleep to noisy grunts and endless cuddles, every newborn goes through fascinating stages of adjustment. In this guide, Your Family Chiropractic shares ten gentle truths about newborn care and development to help parents feel confident, connected, and calm as they navigate those first few precious weeks.
Top 10 Things I Wish Every Mom Knew About Childbirth
Birth is one of the most transformative experiences a woman can have—and it’s meant to be empowering, not intimidating. In this guide, Dr. Jaime McAuliffe, prenatal and postpartum chiropractor and birth doula, shares 10 things she wishes every mom knew about childbirth. From trusting your body’s innate wisdom to creating a calm, supportive birth space, these insights will help you approach labor with confidence, clarity, and peace.
Why You Need a Prenatal Chiropractor During Your Pregnancy
Pregnancy transforms your body in incredible ways—but it can also bring physical tension, hormonal changes, and emotional stress. At Your Family Chiropractic, we specialize in gentle, specific prenatal chiropractic care that helps expecting moms feel more balanced, comfortable, and confident. Using the Webster Technique, we support pelvic alignment, ease common pregnancy discomforts, and help your body prepare naturally for labor and birth.
The Key to Better Sleep
Sleep is one of the clearest reflections of your health. At Your Family Chiropractic, we see firsthand how improved sleep transforms energy, focus, and family wellness. From reducing screen time and evening snacking to receiving regular chiropractic care that supports nervous system balance, these simple, sustainable habits can help your body truly rest and recharge.