Gentle and considered care during your pregnancy. Our focus is on helping you feel more comfortable, and supporting the pregnancy related experience such as morning sickness and labour.
We strive to ensuring a safe and comfortable environment and work to address, within a wholistic approach, support for conditions you may be facing during your pregnancy.
We care for your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing to help improve your overall health.
Using effective communication during the treatment process, we let you know what is going to happen and how it may feel, frequently checking on your comfort levels to ensure the best experience for you.
If you’d like more information on how our pregnancy acupuncture services could support you and your baby, call us on 021 081 59228 or make a booking online.
Pregnancy is an exciting time and we want to help you enjoy your journey to motherhood. Acupuncture during pregnancy can be a modality to support expectant mothers in conditions such as:
Did you know acupuncture is endorsed by the World Health Organisation duing pregnancy?
Acupuncture is a well known method to provide necessary support for many pregnancy related conditions naturally, including pain conditions, where medications are wanting to be avoided for a time.
The use of very small pins can come as a surprise as many women find their pregnancy acupuncture feels deeply relaxing and enjoyable.
Your acupuncturist Eleanor is fully qualified and experienced in dealing with pregnancy related conditions.
Early pregnancy or transition through the first trimester can bring some common issues women look to navigate naturally. These can include:
Acupuncture in later pregnancy is said to assist if pain becomes a difficult aspect for the mother to navigate without medications.
From as early as 33-35 weeks, acupuncture can be taken weekly to prepare and support the changing hormones and physiological processes such as:
Pre-birth acupuncture is thought to be supportive in improving the over all birth experience. Many woman use acupuncture alongside, and as a support to regular care from midwives, obstetricians and gynecologists.
“Acupuncture induction” is a term to describe a set of acupuncture points selected under the Chinese medicine theory to promote downward movement within the uterus.
It is opted for by many women looking to take a natural route to labour onset. Endevouring for the most natural birth possible, acupuncture is thought to support the body to utalise the parasympathetic mechanisms for labour onset.
In this study from 2001 acupuncture was found to assists in cervical ripening and could shorten the time of EDC and actual time of delivery.
Specific points are selected and are thought to assist in cervical ripening, support deep relaxation and a sense of safety and trust in the process and allow oxytocin production, all to promote labour onset naturall
Postpartum acupuncture is used by women wanting assistance with balance to the hormonal body after birth, addressing stress and consolidating the new mother experience.
The calming nature of acupuncture may help promote the mental and emotional transition in to motherhood by:
This New Zealand study found that 89% of the pregnant women treated for lower back and pelvic pain had a clinically meaningful reduction in their symptoms.
Evidence for the use of acupuncture from a New Zealand hospital finds women were well supported in reducing pain levels during their birth redying acupuncture treatments.
We’d love to help you, so please let us know if you have any questions or if you are ready, you can book an appointment online.
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