I le taimi o le maitaga, e tatau i le tino o le fafine maʻitaga ona faia ni taumafaiga e faʻafetaui e faʻatatau i faʻalavelave faʻainisinia e fesoʻotaʻi ma le tuputupu aʻe o le pepe. O le pelvis, o le tui ma le manava o le a faʻatulagaina i latou lava i se auala e tali atu ai i faʻalavelave faʻainisinia ma physiological e mafua mai i gaioiga ma le tuputupu aʻe o le pepe. E masani ona tupu ai le fa'alavelave mo le tina-to-be.

Ole auala ole osteopathic e mafai ona togafitia ai nisi o nei faʻafitauli faʻapitoa, e pei ole tiga faʻatasi, tiga pito i lalo¹ ma fa'afitauli o le ga'o. O se su'esu'ega puipuia o le a mafai ai fo'i ona siaki le gaioi o le pelvis ma le tu'ulafoa'i o le fafine ma'itaga ina ia fa'alauiloa le alualu i luma lelei o le fanau mai.². Mulimuli ane, e tusa ai ma faʻaiʻuga o se suʻesuʻega faʻapitoa na lolomiina i le 2003, o togafitiga o le osteopathic e mafai foi ona faʻaitiitia ai faʻalavelave e fesoʻotaʻi ma le fanauina.³. E le gata i lea, o loʻo faʻamaonia e fomaʻi o latou metotia e saofagā i le faʻatulagaina o le tina o loʻo siomia ai le fetus i le malosi o le mafanafana, nofo lelei ma le puipuia.

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