Acupuncture in Pregnancy and Childbirth

by West, Zita

• ISBN13: 9780443103711
• ISBN10: 0443103712
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE

Summary

ACUPUNCTURE IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH is a concise highly illustrated and practical guide to using acupuncture to treat women throughout their pregnancy and labour. Drawing on an unparalleled wealth of experience as a midwife and an acupuncturist, the author has produced a book accessible to both acupuncture students and practitioners covering physiology related to pregnancy and childbirth, illuminating links between Western knowledge and acupuncture approaches and suggesting points and point combinations for particular stages and actions during pregnancy and labour. Highly illustrated with summary boxes and guidelines Covers nutritional aspects of pregnancy Gives practical advice and instruction on the use of acupuncture through the four trimesters of pregnancy and labour Uses case examples to further illustrate the text Covers recent advances in relation to the effects of aspirin and heparin to the immune system and pregnancy Includes IVF pregnancies Glossary and appendix of useful addresses Fully updated and revised throughout to include recent research Nutrition and its effect on the foetus (new and developing area of research)

Table of Contents

Planning for a healthy baby	p. 1
Pregnancy	p. 21
Nutrition in pregnancy	p. 37
Antenatal care explained	p. 51
First trimester: 1 to 12 weeks	p. 71
Second trimester: 13 to 28 weeks	p. 89
Third trimester: 28 to 40 weeks	p. 103
High-risk pregnancies	p. 121
Abnormal positions of the fetus	p. 139
Preparation for labour	p. 155
Labour	p. 169
First stage of labour	p. 185
Second stage of labour	p. 209
Third stage of labour	p. 219
Postnatal period: the fourth trimester	p. 227
Classical Five Element acupuncture and its use in postnatal depression	p. 245
Standard international nomenclature for the 14 meridians	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 255
Western Medical Glossary	p. 257
Index	p. 261
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