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Amy’s Top 10 Postpartum Supports

Trust Your Mama-O-Meter (AEM) Amy's Top 10 Postpartum Supports 1. Trust your Mama-ometer! You are THIS precious one's mama. Others may know their baby best and you will know yours. 2. Connect with experienced moms who share your values. There are many world views around child rearing. Have women...

Amy’s Top 5 Support Tips For Birth Preparation

Trust Your Mama-O-Meter (AEM) Amy's Top 5 Support Tips For Birth Preparation: 1. Watch Funny Movies! This relaxes your jaw & your mouth which relaxes your pelvic muscles & the mouth of the cervix. Watch movies so funny they make you pee - relaxing is the goal! 2. Enjoy the prospect of breathing...

Baby is breech? Consider this along with what you are already doing.

Baby is breech? Consider this along with what you are already doing. Every thought we have, every emotion we experience, has a direct, measurable biochemical reaction in our body. Thank you Dr. Candace Pert. How does this affect breech babies?? Talk to your baby! Your baby is a precious, sentient...

Enhancing your fertility- Amy’s top 5

How to enhance your fertility - Amy's top 5 Supporting your body/mind/spirit to get and stay pregnant can be seemingly easy for some and a huge challenge for others. Well, you may be asking yourself, "what can I do?" and the answer is many things. 1. Do take Co Q 10 which supports your eggs to...

When to refer for Acupuncture in Pregnancy & Postpartum

Quick Guide for Humans: Top 10 Reasons to Refer for Acupuncture in Pregnancy Morning sickness, Nausea, Vomiting, Hyperemesis Pain: Round ligament, back, hip, pelvic pain, headaches Slippery Fetus/Threatened Miscarriage: bleeding, past history of miscarriages and scared. Sinusitis, Colds, Lingering...

The importance of dry brush massage.

Dry brush massage does many things, takes little effort and will help press your reset button for your day. Our skin is the largest organ in our body to detoxify. We wash our bodies but we also need to exfoliate them, like we do our face. To slough off dead skin cells and generate health with a...

Acupuncture as Effective as Drugs in Treating Pain

This is a great new report on a recent study demonstrating the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating pain compared to the use of other pain prescription drugs. Take a look! http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/acupuncture-as-effective-as-drugs-in-treating-pain-trial-shows-20140329-35qec.html

Old Wives Tales that are valuable today

Old Wives Tales that are valuable today: 1. Keep your head warm. We lose 15% of our heat through our heads. When it's colder, when we keep our homes at lower temperatures, keeping our heads warm makes as difference. 2. Keep your feet warm. Remember: cotton is useless when wet. Consider shopping...