Acupuncture during pregnancy
There is lot of documented facts about use of acupuncture for more then 5000 years. People around the world were using this safe method for treating vast array of different illnesses and conditions. Different social groups were seeking help in acupuncture because it treats people physically, mentally and spiritually.
If you pregnant, acupuncture can be used to induce labor or to turn baby in a breech position. There is a reason that many midwifes now are trained to become acupuncturists. Treatment for breech babies Acupuncture for turn breech babies is increasingly popular and is often recommended at maternity units as a first choice of treatment. It is very simple procedure for acupuncturist to carry and it’s success rate has been well established via research. Induction Acupuncture is often used to induce birth if the baby is overdue. A mother-to-be usually goes to an acupuncturist if she doesn’t want to be induced by medicaments. Acupuncturists stimulate particular points that have direct or indirect effect on the uterus and can start to stimulate contractions. Morning Sickness Morning sickness may be extremely disabling and acupuncture may be very helpful. The nausea may have different causes. It appears from first weeks of pregnancy and usually disappears after fourth month. It is quite often between pregnant women and statistics show 30 to 50% of all mothers-to-be. Morning sickness may cause simple nausea or become strong vomiting with impossibility to any food or liquid intakes that produces malnourishment of mother and can be harmful for baby due to fluids, minerals and electrolytes loss by mother’s body. Sleep disorders during pregnancy Insomnia is quite often during the pregnancy after 1 trimester and may by accompanied by fears, nightmares about loss of pregnancy, malformation, harm to mothers health and so on closer to the due birth date. As it was said before acupuncture treats people physically, mentally and spiritually. Here acupuncture may be extremely helpful that is shown via multiple researches and tests Low back pains Development of fetus produces misplacement of center of gravity of woman towards front. It induces accentuation of lumbar lordosis and contraction of lumbar muscles retaining the posture. Spine resists more and more strong forces of traction during the pregnancy that causes low back pains. There are three types of lumbar pains: 1 Muscular and ligament pain due to increasing of lumbar lordosis. 2 Sacrum-iliac blockade- this pain is much more intense and predominantly on one side. 3 Sciatic nerve pains due to prolapsed disc and are much more rare then two previous. Edema or swollen legs during pregnancy There are 35% of pregnant women develops edema during their pregnancies, that often is a indication of big baby. Some of the factors of appearing of edema are vein stasis and modification of metabolism of water and electrolytes. Constipation Constipation is frequent between pregnant women and may become worse during the course of pregnancy. Explanation of that is in slowing bowel movement due to increasing reabsorbing of water from intestine by kidneys. Weight increase There are great variations of weight increase during pregnancy. Mostly it is 12 kg. Anyway metabolic changes, edema, water retention can be factors of quick weight gain. Acupuncture was shown to have good results to prevent it improving metabolism, blood circulation and waters movement Pain Relief in labor Acupuncture for pain relief in labor is very effective. It is important to stress, that it is analgesia (pain relief) not anesthesia (numbing the pain). As well as pain relief acupuncture benefits patients in many different ways. For example it can diminish fear and as result of it strengthening your energy and increasing your sense of well-being. It helps to recover after birth giving much quicker as acupuncture improves your immune and metabolic reactions. Acupuncture helps mother’s body to start releasing milk hormones that is important for early breast-feeding, that often may be affected by tiredness, stress and hormonal changes during and after the labor. Post-natal depression and exhaustion Finally acupuncture is very well known to be useful for treating depression. One common cause of post-natal depression is blood loss. Treatment to nourish the blood can have extremely beneficial effect on mother. Many mothers find that acupuncture will calm and strengthen them after birth and that their babies are subsequently happier and calm too. |
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