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Natural, Safe & Effective Treatment for Pregnancy & Fertility
For thousands of years Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine has been combined to improve fertility in men and women, and support healthy pregnancy.
Now Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an important part of many couples, pre conception, pregnancy care, birth preparation and post natal support.
At Auckland Wellness Centre we offer Treatment from Traditional Chinese Medical Practitioners Kristi and Richard McNair, who are experienced and skilled in Acupuncture safe for pregnant mums. We can help support you leading up to, during and after pregnancy. Our Acupuncture Centre provides treatment discounts for two or more treatments in a week, if needed for supporting morning sickness symptoms, Acupuncture and Moxa Treatment for turning your baby or inducing Acupuncture to speed up labour.
We also provide Pregnancy Massage / Acu-Pressure which is a safe & blissful way to ease any aches and pains and prepare your body for labour.
Fertility
Balance you body with Acupuncture and Herbs to prepare for conception
Help regulate menstrual cycle for improved ovulation and egg quality
Reduce stress or anxiety related to fertility and pregnancy
Increase libido for men and women with TCM
Improved conception with IVF
Pregnancy
Supportive care for Mum and Baby during pregnancy
Treatment with Acupuncture for morning sickness, aches & pains, constipation, insomnia, threatened miscarriage, depression & other complaints during pregnancy
Prepare for birth with Acupuncture treatment for optimal position of baby
Prepare Mums body for efficient labour and birth
Naturally stimulate the onset of labour with Acupuncture treatment
Acupuncture to stop Smoking, Alcohol or Drugs
Post Natal
Rebalance and recharge yourself with Acupuncture, Massage and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Latest Research
Acupuncture benefits IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation)
A new study has found fertility rates during embryo transfer can be doubled with the use of acupuncture. The University of Adelaide's Dr Caroline Smith conducted the first single blind and controlled randomised acupuncture trial in the University of Adelaide fertility clinic. Dr Smith said "Our study showed encouraging results with an increase in the pregnancy rate in the acupuncture group"... And. "The good news of the acupuncture use in fertility therapy is the benefit is not affected by age, meaning all age groups showed the increase in IVF success rates from the acupuncture therapy,"
Acupuncture proven to treat depression in pregnant women
Acupuncture releives the symptoms of depression and can be an alternative to antidepressant medication during pregnancy, a recent study published in
the journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, is the largest to date examining the effectiveness of Acupuncture to treat depression in pregnant women.
"Acupuncture that we have tested works for pregnant, depressed women," said Rachel Manber, a study author and professor at Stanford University.
The researchers randomly assigned 150 pregnant women who were suffering from clinical depression to receive Acupuncture and after eight weeks of treatment,
63 percent of participants in the acupuncture-for-depression group had experienced an improvement in their symptoms.
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