Acupuncture Support in the Post Natal Period
Weeks 1–6 Post DeliveryThis is a time of deep healing and managing acute care. Acupuncture may support:• Mastitis and blocked ducts• Low or fluctuating milk supply • Support for ending breastfeeding – pain, engorgement • Emotional overwhelm and nervous system regulation • Swelling in ankles or legs post recovery • Post partum high blood
Chinese Medicine and Cortisol
It’s been really interesting looking at the Comprehensive Hormone Testing I’ve been doing over the last 12 months. There are many similarities in hormone imbalances amongst women trying to conceive. The most obvious one is not estrogen or progesterone imbalance but a cortisol imbalance. Cortisol is often called the body’s stress hormone. It&
Holistic Care in Pregnancy Loss
No one ever thinks it will happen to them, but 1 in 4 women will suffer an early pregnancy loss which is just too high. Especially as we know of so many preventable factors and testing (which is frustratingly not being done due to ‘guidelines’ that are up to 18 years old!). The emotional, physical, […]
DUTCH Testing and Fertility
The DUTCH or dried urine test for comprehensive hormones has been around for years. It involves testing dried urine from various samples during a day in your mid luteal phase. This test measures levels of sex hormone (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone), their metabolites, adrenal hormones (cortisol, cortisone, DHEA), melatonin and other markers of detoxifica
Liver Qi Stagnation and Feeling Stuck
Liver Qi Stagnation is one of the most common patterns in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). I don’t know that I’ve ever treated a person without some form of Liver Qi Stagnation. When Liver Qi is stuck, it can in turn disrupt Qi movement in the whole body. The main functions of the Liver in TCM […]
Nourishing Mothers After Birth with Acupuncture
Acupuncture For the Fourth Trimester: from delivery to 4 months “Postpartum is a sacred window – feed her body with warmth, her heart with love, and her spirit with stillness.” The fourth trimester – the 12 weeks post baby delivery is a unique time. It’s the time when you so desperately need love and support, […]
Dehydration and Your Fertility
Being properly hydrated is important for the function of every single cell in the body. From a fertility point of view, when we’re looking at support individual egg and sperm cells, the health of those cells does depend on their fluid health. Fluid deficiency also shows up with low blood volume. When we’re wanting to […]
Acupuncture for Birth Preparation
Acupuncture has been a treatment for support in all stages of pregnancy, in many countries, for so, so many years. It is now being recommend by midwives, by well informed and patient-centred Obstetricians, by doulas, by pelvic floor physiotherapists, and of course friends and family who have had positive experiences with this ancient medicine for […]
Chinese Medicine’s Role in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis
I haven’t written about endometriosis before because every blog or research paper I’ve read that has talked about acupuncture treating endometriosis has only focused on the pain and treating the pain. Of course treating your pain is important, however, endometriosis pain is often the end result of a complex, chronic pattern of hereditary, physical and [&h
Moxibustion (Moxa) for Breech Baby
How to use moxa sticks to improve a breech baby’s position. Optimising baby’s position in the pelvis is really supportive for avoiding delayed labour and experiencing a more relaxed, less painful birth, as well as a more comfortable cesarean section. I do find the outcomes are even better when combined with a course of acupuncture. […]
