Pregnancy & Prenatal Care

The hormonal changes that come with pregnancy can have an impact on a woman’s psyche. “Pregnancy just by its nature can bring out some underlying psychiatric and emotional issues,” said co-author Deirdre Lyell, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford University. This is where acupuncture sets in. Acupuncture increases your blood flow, which leads to an improved distribution of oxygen and nutrients.

Simultaneously, it lowers the level of inflammation in your body and supports your immune system. Research proves a bigger reduction in depression symptoms for women using acupuncture treatment. 50 percent had a reduction in the symptoms! During pregnancy acupuncture has the following benefits:

1. Focuses on establishing a healthy foundation for pregnancy
2. Maintains balance and provides amelioration of aches and pains
3. Helps women to prepare for peaceful labor and delivery

Depending on the trimester you are in, Shiatsu strengthens your core essence allowing your body to move through the natural process of pregnancy and childbirth. All sessions are geared towards your comfort and needs, and our practitioner Anne Cousin will guide you through to find and keep your inner balance. Based on research it is proved that women who suffer from stress may have a higher chance of getting a hyperactive child. Maternal stress is also strongly linked to pre-term delivery. It is hardly surprising. Because the first and deepest connection a baby develops is that to his mother: All emotional stress will be transferred to the baby. Shiatsu helps to release your tenses and supports the body’s self-regulation and vitality. Thanks to Shiatsu and Traditional Chinese Medicine you can guarantee your baby a more peaceful and nourished start.

Shiatsu during Pregnancy is helpful with the following:
1. Pain, headaches and migraine
2. Digestive problems
3. Sleeping disorders
4. Asthmatic symptoms
5. Depression, anxiety and stress related symptoms
6. Lethargy and fluid retention
7. Improving energy and well-being

The Yuen Method explores the imbalances which are only the origin of pain and only the symptom of a blockade. Mainly stress and an imbalance of your mind-set will be treated with the Yuen Method. This complementary profound health technique can greatly increase your fertility and wish for pregnancy.

1. Solve your blockades no matter in which area of your life
2. Discover your weaknesses and simply delete them
3. No waiting time, no pills, no analysis: Just let it happen!

The American Pregnancy Association suggests that a change in nutrition takes three to twelve month in order to complete. Food or chemicals damage or mimic our hormones in the body causing us to be dominant in certain hormones, which leads to imbalance.

When optimizing our nutritional intake we nourish our cells with the best possible nutrients that are needed for our cells to function properly and efficiently. But what can you do to positively affect your baby? Begin to clean up your body and make yourself a healthy environment for your unborn child. Experience yourself how nutrition affects you and your unborn baby.

1. Try to live as healthy as possible
2. Do not drink alcohol or coffee
3. Do not smoke or eat fatty foods

Maintenance of balance and amelioration of aches and pains Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture helps to remove many of the typical discomforts arising during pregnancy, such as morning sickness, as well as aches and pains, and helps to prepare you for peaceful labor and delivery. It can be beneficial from the very beginning and supports a healthy and balanced pregnancy.

Prenatal and functional nutrition consultation Balance Health assists you with a tailor-made nutrition plan for you and your unborn child. Cleanse your body, create a healthy environment for your child, and experience how nutrition affects you and your unborn child.

Pain relief and labour and delivery preparation Osteopathy aims to relieve common disorders related to pregnancy, such as back pain, perineal pain, sciatica, nausea, and acid reflux while ensuring the safety of the mother and the fetus. These methods help prepare your body for labour.