Expecting mums

Pregnancy care

During pregnancy your hormones can create a number of uncomfortable symptoms. Acupuncture can assist by regulating the hormones and easing these symptoms.

• Morning sickness
• Fatigue
• Cold and flu
• Insomnia
• Swelling/oedema
• Pelvic pain
• Back ache

Pre-birth treatment

Pre-birth acupuncture treatment starts at week 36 of your pregnancy. Treatment aims to prepare your body for labour.

Benefits include:

• Properly position the fetus
• Relax pelvic muscles
• Increase your energy for labour
• Calm your mind and body
• Reduce time of labour

Postpartum treatment

The postpartum period is when the body undergoes intense healing and recovery. Postpartum acupuncture treatments begin 3 days after birth.

Weekly treatments are recommended for the first month after birth to aid the process of:

• Healing the perineum
• shrinking the uterus
• regulating hormones
• promoting efficient lactation

These treatments can also prevent and treat other post borth symptoms such as:

• Baby blues and postnatal depression
• hair loss
• carmps
• urinary incontinence