Pregnancy & Labor Preparation Acupuncture in Centennial, CO

Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it can also bring unexpected aches and pains in your low back, mid back, and hips. Fortunately, there are noninvasive therapies such as acupuncture and cupping that provide safe relief from pregnancy-related pain. We use some of the same tools and strategies as our pain and performance patients. At Hawthorne Acupuncture, we understand the importance of finding safe solutions for pregnancy-related pain. Our office provides personalized care to help ease your pregnancy aches and pains by using both acupuncture and cupping treatments. We also offer helpful exercises and stretches that you can do at home to manage your discomfort. Say goodbye to pregnancy pain! Get in touch with us today to learn how our acupuncture and cupping treatments can provide you with safe noninvasive relief during pregnancy. We look forward to helping you enjoy your pregnancy with more comfort and less aches and pains.

Acupuncture can be a powerful tool for stress relief during pregnancy. It can help prevent burn out, reduce anxiety, promote better sleep, and alleviate fatigue due to hormonal changes. By calming down the sympathetic nervous system and decreasing stress hormones like cortisol, acupuncture helps soothe the fight or flight response that is often triggered by stressors in life. Acupuncture treatments also support improved circulation of blood and oxygen throughout your body which can lead to enhanced energy levels and improved overall well-being. With stress relief, acupuncture can help make pregnancy a more enjoyable and comfortable experience. This systematic review shows that there is “high level of evidence” that acupuncture can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy.

Our team of acupuncture and herbal medicine professionals will create a personalized treatment plan to help you increase your milk supply. Our acupuncture treatments are combined with electroacupuncture, where low-voltage electricity is added to acupuncture needles to make the experience more comfortable.

Don’t worry if you’re struggling to breastfeed — we can help! Contact us today to learn how acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and herbal medicine may be able to safely increase your milk supply. We look forward to helping you enjoy breastfeeding with more confidence.

Postpartum hormone balancing is an important step in ensuring that a woman’s hormones and overall health remain balanced when transitioning to motherhood. Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can be used to regulate and balance hormones, especially during the weaning process from breastfeeding.

Through acupuncture treatment combined with Chinese herbal medicine, the body’s natural ability to regulate itself can be supported. This helps correct irregular periods or PMS symptoms while also aiding in restoring fertility if trying for another baby after weaning off of breastfeeding.

Acupuncture treatments regulate hormones by stimulating endocrine cells in the uterus, ovaries, and other locations throughout the body including glands such as the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Chinese herbal medicine helps regulate hormones by nourishing the body and addressing symptoms such as stress, fatigue, or anxiety that may be contributing to an imbalance.

With postpartum hormone balancing using acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, women can rest assured that their bodies are returned to balance in a natural and safe way. This will ensure fertility later on when looking to conceive another child.