Pregnant women retain in their bodies 8 litres above average in the volume of water, and the responsibility for this situation is from the hormone progesterone. So, imagine all this volume plus the weight of the baby, plus the placenta and the amniotic fluid, not forgetting those extra pounds that are normal to gain during pregnancy. 
All these changes cause a sensation of weight, swelling and discomfort, and an excellent alternative to relieve all this disagreeable sensation is the Lymphatic Drainage. It's suitable after 12 weeks with a doctor and midwife approval.

Lymphatic Drainage Postpartum provides emotional well-being, relaxation, relieves tension from this new phase of a woman's life. It also increases her self-esteem, stimulates and improves blood circulation, provides a night of better sleep, improving breastfeeding, reducing stress hormones, reducing fluid retention, swelling, eliminating accumulated toxins and waste in the body, speeds healing, helping new moms recover quickly from childbirth, including scar tissue. Postpartum can be a beautiful phase, but that requires that you are well to look after of your newest love.

Lymphedema is swelling in one or more extremities that results from impaired flow of the Lymphatic System.
Lymphatic Drainage encourages the flow of lymph fluid out of arm or leg, is a way of reducing swelling caused by fluid build up after cancer treatment.

Getting post surgery Lymphatic Drainage is hugely essential to obtain the desired results of the operation. This Therapy is those that are required after a liposculpture, tummy tuck, breast reduction/augmentation as well as liposuction in any other part of the body. The purpose of this Lymphatic Drainage Therapy is to eliminate liquid that tends to accumulate and harden forming into fibrosis. Fibrosis is the name given to those little balls and lumps that you feel forming under your skin about one to two weeks after a surgical procedure. This Therapy also allows for better circulation of the blood, and work with the texture of your skin to ensure a better healing process.
Lymphatic Drainage is a therapeutic procedure designed specifically to relieve pain and reduce inflammation. Any person that submits themselves to a cosmetic surgical procedure will experience exceptional levels of inflammation as a side-effect of the work performed in that area. The process of Lymphatic Drainage allows for your body the release that liquid accumulated under the skin and in turn your healing time reduces and pain decrease.

Regular Lymphatic Drainage sessions can prevent colds and flu, as it strengthens the Immune System.

The cramps are caused by the release of hormones during the menstrual period, which causes contractions in the womb and makes women feel pain and the uncomfortable feeling of swelling.
In this sense, Lymphatic Drainage works by eliminating excess body fluids, minimising swelling, improving menstrual flow and relaxing the muscles of the tummy (abdomen), minimising menstrual cramps. The ideal is to perform the sessions before and after the menstrual period, because it's at that moment that fluids and toxins accumulate more quickly in the body, because of the action of hormones.

If you suffer from constipation, for example, it can help you too.
The manoeuvres of Lymphatic Drainage mimic intestinal peristalsis, and the position of the Lymphatic Vessels that are located in the muscular walls of the intestine favours the lymphatic flow to be stimulated by peristalsis. 
It's as I always say, it's a therapy that will help improve your body as a whole.

Lymphatic Drainage has been suggested to help improve mood. An analysis carried out in 2004 of 37 studies were found evidence of the benefits of Lymphatic Drainage in reducing anxiety and depression.
At the end of the session, the body will use all its energy to eliminate any excess toxins that have been inserted into the circulatory system due to the increase in lymphatic flow. Lymphatic Drainage can be especially relaxing because it can reduce levels of body pain.

Signs and indicators of toxicity are low energy (tiredness), need and appetite for sugars, dependence on stimulants such as cigarettes or coffee, mood swings, depression, poor memory, weight gain, skin problems, headaches, joint pain, muscle pain.
When you start to do a Lymphatic Drainage treatment, the Immune System is strengthened, and with that you stay with more vitality and energy, thereby enhancing your body, increasing your defences to diseases of the future.
Lymphatic drainage stimulates the contraction of lymphatic vessels, increases the speed of lymph transport and provides cellular nutrition through the increased blood supply. It's a complete therapy, which in addition to eliminating toxins, detoxifying your body.

Nobody likes a long flight. They’re stuffy, boring and they generally make your body feel pretty terrible while it tries to acclimatise to your new time zone, it’s no doubt also suffering from swelling, dehydration and general tiredness. The postflight Lymphatic Drainage will help you seriously minimise your jet lag, jet lag is code for sickness, dehydration, fatigue and irritability, mainly all uncomfortable things. Lymphatic Drainage is one of the best things you can do to combat these nasties, as it helps to rid your body of all its discomforts, making it easier to adjust to your new time zone, Ana uses pure oil during the treatment to promote a sense of wellbeing and invigoration. Lymphatic Drainage will help with fluid retention as it is such a great way to flush toxins out of your body. After hours in the air, fluids can build up in the body, possibly causing you pain and discomfort.
It will help to rehydrate you - during the flight, small intakes of amounts of liquids are factors that hold people back from keeping hydrated during a flight and this paired with the weak air systems make dehydration a significant concern. Lymphatic Drainage will not only help to increase your blood flow also the oil that Ana uses will help to add moisture back into the skin.

Before your flight, Lymphatic Drainage also is recommended because the circulation will be better prepared to face the pressurisation.