How Acupuncture Helped Me Welcome to the ACI podcast Click on the following link to go to Spotify for each episode: Episode 1 - An Introduction to Acupuncture Episode 2 - How Acupuncture Helped Me With Fertility and Pregnancy!
The Acupuncture Council of Ireland carried out a survey on their members in 2012, and reported that Fertility and pregnancy issues were a main reason why both men and women attend an acupuncturist for help. This can be by couples who are having difficulty conceiving but are not yet ready to attend an IVF clinic.
To most people, constipation is simply a matter of a slow-moving or lazy bowel. Yet, as many studies confirmed constipation is serious and should not be ignored. During pregnancy constipation is very common. First of all the increased levels of progesterone and estrogen caused by pregnancy aid in relaxing the smooth muscle of the body and this would include the muscles of the digestive tract, making bowl movements sluggish and slow.
Are you pregnant and looking to maintain your health for the next 9 months OR are you looking for an alternative to help with whatever is bothering you during your pregnancy? Treatment of women in pregnancy and labour has a long tradition in China with many pictures found on tortoise shells depicting some pregnancy and labour related problems.
While pregnancy is of course a natural state, a woman’s body has to accommodate the various changes that occur. Morning sickness is a common example of the effects of this ‘accommodation’. It is not a pathology or ‘illness’; it is instead part of a normal physiological process. In cases where the morning sickness is very severe acupuncture is a safe and effective way to treat the symptoms.
