Kansas City Woman Successfully Avoided Pitocin Induction During Pregnancy with Acupuncture
One of my favorite messages I receive from a patient is "Thanks so much for all of your help. Baby was born and here is their picture."
I just received this again last week. A woman called several weeks ago wanting
Acupuncture to help
induce her
labor. She had a very traumatic 3 day
Pitocin induction with her first child and wanted to avoid that experience again if at all possible. Before we started her
Acupuncture treatment, I used the
Acugraph tool to determine which meridians are out of balance.
Acugraph indicated significant imbalances in the heart and pericardium meridians (emotional stress) and kidney meridian (fear/anxiety/water balance) as well as several other meridians. She had an incredible amount of anxiety, worry, and fear from the induction she experienced with her first birth. I treated her body for these energetic imbalances as well as the
Acupuncture points traditionally known to help naturally
induce labor. I shared with the mom that
Acupuncture gently encourages
labor to start, and will usually work within 72 hours to start labor if baby is ready.
When she left after her first visit, she was noticably more relaxed and calm.
We treated her with Acupuncture several times over a few weeks, including a Chiropractic Adjustment during one of the visits to properly align mom's pelvis. Several days after the second visit, she called to say she didn't need a 3rd visit because she was in labor. Well...labor settled down later that day, and we saw her the next week for one more Acupuncture treatment to help induce her labor.
Guess what?
The following Monday morning instead of a call to schedule another Acupuncture Induction appointment I received this really awesome email with a baby picture, length, weight stats and the name of her new baby. She went in to labor on her own! The mom was thrilled and thanked me for all of my help.
My heart was full, and I look forward to helping many more pregnant moms avoid Pitocin whenever possible!
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