Acupuncture is a natural, effective and safe treatment during pregnancy and can help with most complaints of pregnancy from nausea and back pain to breech presentation, labour preparation and help with postnatal issues.

Acupuncture can assist in pregnancy with a wide range of complaints including:

• Morning sickness
• Lower back pain
• Constipation
• Dizziness
• Oedema (swelling)
• Heartburn
• Urinary Tract Infections
• Stress
• Haemorrhoids
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Leg cramps
• Fatigue & exhaustion
• Insomnia
• Itching in pregnancy
• Anaemia

Acupuncture is also an effective adjunctive treatment to your medical care (from a midwife, GP or obstetrician) for other issues such as:

• Hypertension
• Intrauterine Growth Restriction
• Gestational Diabetes

Research has shown that regular Acupuncture treatment from 36 weeks helps to ripen the cervix and results in a significant reduction in length of labour and also of inductions, epidural use and emergency c-sections. It can also help with anxiety, insomnia and to alleviate some of the common conditions of pregnancy that can occur or intensify in the last few weeks such as swelling, pubic pain and heartburn.

Acupuncture can assist with:

• Breech presentation
• Cervical ripening
• Labour induction (medical reasons only)
• Early labour – regulating contractions, management of sensations, posterior baby
• Anxiety
• Swelling, pubic pain and other conditions of late pregnancy