Preventing Miscarriage
Acupuncture during the first trimester of pregnancy can reduce the incidence of miscarriage. If you have had a miscarriage in the past or have had difficulty getting pregnant, treatment during the first trimester will help create a uterine environment that will support a healthy pregnancy.
Acupuncture has been demonstrated to have significant immune-modulating effects. This effect may be important in reducing the risk of rejection by the mother’s immune system in the early days as the embryo implants and a pregnancy is established.
Acupuncture can be used to enhance micro-circulation in the uterine lining and the newly developing placenta. This may have particular importance if you have a tendency to produce clotting factors but could also be useful where that is not the case.
In addition, regular monitoring of the pulse (a TCM diagnostic technique) and regular treatment with Acupuncture designed to reduce anxiety, offers you important and reassuring support during these first few weeks of pregnancy. Clinical trials have shown that regular monitoring and reassurance reduces miscarriage rates.
Suggested treatment frequency is one treatment per week until week 12 of pregnancy
Threatened Miscarriage
A threatened miscarriage is a viable pregnancy with bleeding. If you are experiencing this, you are not alone. About 20% of all pregnancies have some bleeding. Be sure to report any bleeding to your health care provider as bleeding needs to be monitored.
Acupuncture can help to settle an irritable uterus and create a uterine environment that will support pregnancy.
Missed Miscarriage
If you have a missed miscarriage and are following conservative management, acupuncture can help to get things moving and help ensure complete miscarriage.
If you are exhausted after a miscarriage, moxibustion and acupuncture can help restore your energy and vitality.
Research
Smith C, Crowther C, Beilby J. (2002). “Pregnancy outcome following women’s participation in a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture to treat nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy”. Complement Ther. Med. 10(2):78-83
Paul C. Magarelli, M.D., Diane K. Cridennda, L.Ac., and Mel Cohen, Ph.D. Changes in serum cortisol and prolactin associated with acupuncture during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in women undergoing in vitro fertilitzation - embryo transfer treatment. Press release of Fertility and Sterility Article Oct. 2009
Call 647-428-7200 to book a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shiatsu Therapy, Naturopathic Medicine or Meditation Guidance appointment – or to discuss which treatments might be best for you, including the care of a DONA certified birth doula.
Acupuncture during the first trimester of pregnancy can reduce the incidence of miscarriage. If you have had a miscarriage in the past or have had difficulty getting pregnant, treatment during the first trimester will help create a uterine environment that will support a healthy pregnancy.
Acupuncture has been demonstrated to have significant immune-modulating effects. This effect may be important in reducing the risk of rejection by the mother’s immune system in the early days as the embryo implants and a pregnancy is established.
Acupuncture can be used to enhance micro-circulation in the uterine lining and the newly developing placenta. This may have particular importance if you have a tendency to produce clotting factors but could also be useful where that is not the case.
In addition, regular monitoring of the pulse (a TCM diagnostic technique) and regular treatment with Acupuncture designed to reduce anxiety, offers you important and reassuring support during these first few weeks of pregnancy. Clinical trials have shown that regular monitoring and reassurance reduces miscarriage rates.
Suggested treatment frequency is one treatment per week until week 12 of pregnancy
Threatened Miscarriage
A threatened miscarriage is a viable pregnancy with bleeding. If you are experiencing this, you are not alone. About 20% of all pregnancies have some bleeding. Be sure to report any bleeding to your health care provider as bleeding needs to be monitored.
Acupuncture can help to settle an irritable uterus and create a uterine environment that will support pregnancy.
Missed Miscarriage
If you have a missed miscarriage and are following conservative management, acupuncture can help to get things moving and help ensure complete miscarriage.
If you are exhausted after a miscarriage, moxibustion and acupuncture can help restore your energy and vitality.
Research
Smith C, Crowther C, Beilby J. (2002). “Pregnancy outcome following women’s participation in a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture to treat nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy”. Complement Ther. Med. 10(2):78-83
Paul C. Magarelli, M.D., Diane K. Cridennda, L.Ac., and Mel Cohen, Ph.D. Changes in serum cortisol and prolactin associated with acupuncture during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in women undergoing in vitro fertilitzation - embryo transfer treatment. Press release of Fertility and Sterility Article Oct. 2009
Call 647-428-7200 to book a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shiatsu Therapy, Naturopathic Medicine or Meditation Guidance appointment – or to discuss which treatments might be best for you, including the care of a DONA certified birth doula.
