Partners may be thinking "Is Acupuncture Safe During Pregnancy?" and this is common. Sometimes partners can be protective of their pregnant wife, thinking that Acupuncture can be harmful to them or their baby. Here we'll discuss the safe Pregnancy Acupuncture practices and some of the benefits Pregnant women can get from Acupuncture. This way you'll be […]

Placenta Previa can be a diagnosis no woman can see coming.  Least of all knowing if there is anything within her power to help the situation. Doctors will continue to monitor patients with Placenta Previa closely, but often the condition resolves itself near the end of the Pregnancy. Although that's a positive resolution, its the nerve racking weeks […]

What is Cord Clamping and what are the benefits? In this brief Ted Talk, Dr Alan Greene of TICC TOCC discusses why delayed cord clamping by as little as 90 seconds can have huge benefits. For more info, his website is here.

There are early pregnancy signs that typically occur very soon after the pregnancy takes place.  Ordinarily, a pregnancy test can confirm your suspicions quickly.  However, being able to recognize some of the clues that your body is giving you, can help you decide if you need to look further into the possibility that you could […]

Pre-Birth Acupuncture is Acupuncture in the third trimester and should begin at around 37 weeks gestation. The latest research shows that using Complementary medicine tools to help prepare for birth, improves birth outcomes with epidural rates and medical induction rates being significantly lower in women who did their preparation(link here). Acupuncture can be one of those […]

Can Acupuncture Help Labour? Acupuncture is often sought by pregnant women as a natural way to support their body leading up to labour. Women spread the word to their friends and family members who might be pregnant, with their own experiences with Acupuncture when pregnant. While medical induction techniques focus on stimulating labour to begin, […]