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Acupuncture in pregnancy and babies

By: Katherine Allen and George Cooper | MIDIRS 2010

Although obstetric acupuncture tends not to be available on the NHS, for the last two years Katherine Allen, a midwife acupuncturist, and George Cooper, a Bristol based acupuncturist, have collaborated to provide affordable acupuncture for pregnant and postnatal women and their babies in the Bristol area.

In their recently recorded podcast, Katherine and George talk in-depth about the use of acupuncture for this client group. Acupuncture is a powerful, drug-free therapy well suited to pregnancy. It has a high degree of patient satisfaction, and an increasing body of evidence supporting efficacy for a range of common obstetric complaints. As a medical technique, it has developed over at least the last 4000 years. The earliest major obstetric texts come from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Today there are numerous obstetric texts that combine with Western medical developments, many of which have been translated into English.

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