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PROGRAM
At Heavenly Bodies Clinic, we offer a comprehensive
pregnancy program that provides treatments as well as other tools
necessary for women to experience a joyous and healthful pregnancy
and quick recovery to post-partum optimal health.
Our multi-faceted program works with women:
 Pre-Conception
to bring both husband and wife to optimum spiritual, mental and
physical health.
During this phase
of treatment, nagging health conditions are treated such as
chronic headaches, low back pain, chronic fatigue and lack of
focus. We also consult about solutions to any stressful situations
that might prevent an enjoyable pregnancy experience.
During
Pregnancy to prevent miscarriage and maintain a strong
immune function to keep the woman well.
During this phase treatments alleviate the
specific symptoms each woman might experience as her body changes.
For example, women have varying degrees of nausea and acupuncture
has been proven to effectively alleviate even the most severe
nausea; some women feel more fatigued as the pregnancy progresses,
and very safe herbs and acupuncture can bring the energy back
up. Each phase of pregnancy can bring a variety of discomforts
as the body adjusts to the growing child, and a treatment plan
that includes acupuncture-massage-herbs-consults maintains the
couple's optimum health through it all.
Post-Partum
to effectively handle symptoms of fatigue, pain from labor or
surgery and to prevent post-partum depression.
During this time,
the baby is adjusting to a new world, the woman goes through
an adjustment period, and the relationship goes through adjustment.
The healing team at Heavenly Bodies Clinic works with everyone
in the family - Baby-Mother-Father - to assure that balance
is restored and harmony is achieved without the use of medication.
PREGNANCY INCLUDES MANY DISTINCT STAGES
AND WHILE SOME SYMPTOMS ARE COMMON TO MANY WOMEN, THERE ARE ALSO
MANY SYMPTOMS THAT ARE PARTICULAR TO EACH WOMAN.
The pregnancy program at Heavenly Bodies Clinic
is individualized for you, based on what is happening to you.
PERSONALIZED PROGRAMS, COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT
OPTIONS
At Heavenly Bodies Clinic we offer the following
tools for successful and healthful pregnancy:
Acupuncture
Herbs
Bioenergetic
Treatment
Massage
Meridian
exercise
Chinese
Dietary Therapy
Together, we create a program that works with
each woman's physical and emotional needs as the pregnancy progresses.
SAFE, SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMMON
PATTERNS OF DISHARMONY IN PREGNANCY
Although there are some common symptoms of each
trimester or stage of pregnancy, every woman experiences pregnancy
in a manner unique to her temperament and specific to her own body.
For example, for some women, the first trimester may bring fatigue
and nausea. Acupuncture treatment and herbs can completely alleviate
nausea, bring up the energy, and help the immune system resist colds
and flu that may be going around.
Other women may experience increased appetite
and heightened emotional sensitivity. Specific acupuncture points
and an eating program based on Chinese Dietary Therapy reduces cravings
and balances the emotions.
For this reason, at Heavenly Bodies Clinic it
is our passion to create a program that addresses the personal needs
of each pregnant woman while offering safe, simple, and effective
solutions to common patterns of disharmony related to the physical
changes that come with pregnancy.
THE FIRST APPOINTMENT: ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT,
TRAINING
- Your first appointment with Dr.
Ana is for a thorough consultation regarding your health
history, current health status, and any initial concerns with
your pregnancy. We want to know how you are eating, sleeping,
relating to others, moving through your days, as well as many
other integral pieces of information about you and your health.
- You meet with our Chinese Dietary
Therapy consultant. In the consultation, you will receive
an introduction to Chinese Dietary Therapy specific to supporting
a healthful pregnancy and post-partum recovery from delivery.
- You will also meet with our personal
trainer and Meridian Exercise specialist to learn important
movements for balancing the flow of energy through the meridian
pathways specific to keeping you healthy and happy throughout
pregnancy, into labor and delivery, and post-partum.
CREATING A PLAN, HAVING A PURPOSE
When you join the Heavenly Bodies Clinic Pregnancy
Program you have already decided that your
purpose is to pursue a pregnancy of optimal health for you and your
baby. It is our job to guide you in maintaining the healthy
body, mind and spirit necessary for succeeding in your purpose.
In focusing on your purpose, we create the pregnancy plan that is
optimal for you, is based on your symptoms and concerns and evolves
as your pregnancy progresses.
A SAMPLE PREGNANCY PROGRAM:
You come to the clinic for your
first appointment pre-pregnancy.
After the health history and intake consultation
with Kathe Ana, you receive a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnosis
for any current patterns of disharmony that have symptoms. Let's
say you have occasional but severe headaches, some minor fatigue
in the mid afternoon, and you think you get far too many colds every
year.
Treatment Plan:
Acupuncture
2x week for three weeks with a goal to stop the headaches, bring
the energy up evenly throughout the day, and boost the immune
system by building Qi and Blood.
1/2
hour consult weekly on Food Energetics from a TCM view with the
goal of eliminating toxins, allergens and chemicals that might
be causing or contributing to the headaches and fatigue, and to
recommend specific foods for you that will increase energy and
improve immune function.
1/2
hour movement training in Qi Gong per week for two weeks then
continue at home daily, with the goal of bringing up the daily
energy, improving the quality of sleep, and moving any stagnant
(stuck and not moving) Qi that might be causing or contributing
to the headaches.
Herbs
to build overall strength by building Qi and Blood.
Weekly
acupuncture treatments balance your energy as your body begins
the changes to nurturing new life. Treatments alleviate your nausea
and you're able to work well through the day, with good energy.
 You've
learned acupressure techniques and Qi Gong breathing to help tone
down the nausea between acupuncture treatments.
At
4 months your body begins to change and your baby is gaining weight.
You have some pressure or shifting in your low back and pelvis
causing backache. Acupuncture treatments for the next few weeks
focus on alleviating the pain and you add a weekly massage for
the next month.
At
8 months pregnant your only complaint is some fatigue at the end
of the day, and some lack of focus. You are recommended to Meridian
Movement 2x per week with a focus on physically strengthening
the meridians that promote the flow of Qi through the body, giving
you extra physical and mental energy.
At
40 weeks pregnant you are definitely ready to deliver. Your pregnancy
has gone smoothly, you've maintained excellent health... but,
you're ready to have your baby in your arms. Your gynecologist
says there's no action - you're not dilated, thinned or softened
- it can be at least another week, maybe more. If the cervix hasn't
started to dilate by then, they can induce labor. Kathe Ana recommends
an herb that you boil as a tea, to stimulate the yang energy of
the body (the energy that works the muscles). Three hours after
drinking the tea, you are in labor... and off to the hospital,
or off to call your midwife.
Herbs
are recommended to bring up the Qi and Blood which is lost during
labor and delivery. You are given a famous recipe for chicken
soup with herbs that should be given to the mother immediately
after labor. Acupuncture points are used to restore the Qi and
Blood as well.
Weekly
acupuncture treatments help keep you functioning while you adjust
to getting up several times at night with the baby.
You
begin 1/2 hour Meridian Exercise sessions after each treatment
to start getting your muscles back in shape. This will also help
the energy to flow through the body so you feel less out-of-it
from lack of sleep.
At
6 weeks you complain of a feeling of life being out of control
and nothing seems to go right. Acupuncture points are chosen to
balance the Heart and the Kidney, specific herbs are given to
you to calm the Shen (spirit) and restore Balance. At each treatment
Kathe Ana goes over the areas that seem out of control and you work
together to find solutions.
The
baby is 3 months old, life is finding it's balance, you are healthy
and able to tackle all that a day brings your way.
The Staff at Heavenly Bodies
Clinic invites you to join our healing environment and give yourself
the best chance at having a healthy pregnancy, delivery and new
life with baby..
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