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 […]
Health & Wellness
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 Cough: a mucous membrane is a mucous membrane, EVERYTHING gets more juicy. Asthma, allergies, itching, PUPPS […]
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 […]
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 locally for wool […]
What IS the difference between foremilk and hindmilk?
Many nursing mothers have questions and concerns about the difference between foremilk and hindmilk and their baby’s nutritional needs. Well clarified by Kellymom:Difference between foremilk and hindmilk
When Postpartum Depression is more
When Postpartum Depression is more. How CAN we support mothers who express symptoms of post-partum depression and or mental illness without shaming them or punishing them? This is a conundrum as when one is overwhelmed with such feelings, one is unlikely to seek help due to shame and/or fear that one’s child will be taken […]
How Does Acupuncture Work Anyway?
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Medication & Breastfeeding: What is Safe?
This is a question I am often asked. Resources from Kellymom.com http://kellymom.com/bf/can-i-breastfeed/illness-surgery/med-risks/
Birth Doulas Help Prevent C-Sections
Gratitude that there are so many well trained birth doulas in the Pioneer Valley. http://donainternational.org/2014/02/20/acog-smfm-statement-one-of-the-most-effective-tools-to-reduce-the-cesarean-rate-doulas/ You can find one at www.greenriverdoulas.org
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