3 Spectacular Benefits Of Infrared Sauna For New Moms

Hi, I’m Johannes Kettelhodt. As the co-founder and co-CEO of Clearlight Infrared® Saunas, I can only imagine how busy and tired newborn moms will be. I’m not a father (yet) myself, but, I can surely foresee my life would get a lot more complicated with a newborn.

For that reason, I’ve created a simple guest blog describing the 3 most spectacular benefits of infrared sauna for new moms.

Let’s consider these benefits one by one. These benefits are improvements in relaxation, re-building your heart and blood vessel health as well as endurance, and giving you amazing deep sleep:

1. Supreme Relaxation

As a new mother, you probably cherish every single moment you can deeply relax. And, a global survey in 2019 indicated that relaxation was one of the most important reasons people visited a spa or sauna in the first place (1).

Simply put, if you ask people, they’ll tell you that they feel extremely relaxed after a sauna session.

Many different mechanisms exist to explain for this relaxation effect. For instance, during and after a sauna session, your body produces natural opioids called “endorphins”. Also, frequently using a sauna somehow helps your body produce less stress hormones such as “cortisol” during your daily life.

And there’s more:

2. Building Heart And Blood Vessel Health And Endurance

Pregnancy is really hard on the female body. During pregnancy, women frequently see a decine in their overall endurance - which can be measured by the VO2 max, for instance (2).

Sure, your exercise capacity will recover in time. But, with an infrared sauna, you can speed that process up quicker in a very gentle way. Spending time in a sauna increases your heart rate the same way a brisk walk will do (3).

Also, using an infrared sauna is a very gentle way to get that same benefit, as you receive an upgrade in your blood flow and overall blood and heart vessel health without having to spend time in an extremely hot room.

The reason infrared saunas are so gentle is that the infrared light and heat enters your body and heats your cells from the inside out.

And there’s another benefit:

3. Sleeping Better

Yes, sleep can be horrible after pregnancy. Not only are you recovering from an important event, you might also need to wake up at night for feeding, and might be woken up on top of that. Also, your life has probably become busier than ever with a newborn.

So here’s why infrared saunas work their magic: many people report dramatically improved sleep quality after spending time in a sauna (1; 4). These effects are similar to the benefits of exercising.

The best time to plan a sauna sessions is in the afternoon or early evening. Then, your body still has the ability to lower stress hormone levels again after the sauna session, and you’ll feel amazingly relaxed just before bedtime.

Conclusion:

If you want an infrared sauna for home then we’ve got some great options for you at Clearlight Infrared® Saunas. We offer extremely safe saunas that don’t expose your body to any toxins or EMFs while providing you with the highest quality of different parts of the infrared spectrum possible.

With your own infrared sauna, you can enjoy limitless sessions that result in deep zen-like relaxation and greatly enhanced sleep quality. Not only will your body love you, your newborn will reap the benefits as well. Because if mom treats herself well, that energy will surely be felt by your newborn baby too…