late pregnancy services
Is your baby in a breech position, or are you past (or close) to your estimated due date?
You may be feeling anxious, uncomfortable, or frustrated about being past your due date or trying to get baby into an optimal birthing position.
A late pregnancy appointment with our Registered Acupuncturist or Naturopathic Doctor can help address your concerns and increase the chances of natural labour progression.
The late pregnancy appointment is for those looking for natural ways to prepare their body and mind for labour. You can book this appointment in the third trimester of your pregnancy, at 36 weeks and beyond.
acupuncture
Acupuncture has been shown not only to help progress labour, but also to help relax and ease pre-labour anxieties to enable cervical dilation and allow for natural labour progression. Research shows that expectant parents who receive acupuncture every other day past their due date have an increased chance of spontaneous labour, without induction.
In this appointment, our Registered Acupuncturist will explore possible imbalances in your body, be it physical or emotional, and look at ways to support you using various modalities, to come back into balance and prepare your body for labour, naturally. This can include helping to ripen/soften the cervix, supporting baby into an optimal position for labour, naturally increasing oxytocin production, easing any stress, anxiety or physical pains you may be feeling, and encouraging the onset and natural progression of labour when safe to do so.
naturopathic medicine
Our Naturopathic Doctor also has a few tricks up her sleeve to support the natural onset of labour. These evidenced-based treatments can include acupuncture, herbal remedies (to tonify the uterus and encourage relaxation for contractions to begin naturally) and strategies you can do at home. Naturopathic Doctors are medically trained and naturally focused. They use safe and effective treatments with everyone they treat, especially pregnant mamas.