ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture is an ideal complementary therapy in pregnancy, assisting with a wide range of pregnancy related conditions.
Acupuncture is an ideal complementary therapy in pregnancy, assisting with a wide range of pregnancy related conditions.
Acupuncture can help with morning sickness, back pain, headaches, hemorrhoids, bloating, fatigue, poor sleep, stress, high blood pressure, positioning of baby, and preparing for birth. Acupuncture seeks to strengthen the body in the areas where it’s weakest. The body’s natural flow is regained by applying needles in very specific pints located on the meridians. Studies have found that using acupuncture prior to birth and during labor can actually help shorten the span of labor.
Kara is a licensed midwife and doctor of traditional Chinese medicine with a passion for reproductive and family health. Originally from Ireland where she completed her acupuncture training in conjunction with Nanjing University, Kara went on to become a registered midwife in the Irish health care system.
Since moving to the US she has practiced as a community midwife in Los Angeles and Santa
Cruz and has studied to become a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Kara brings her years of experience in midwifery to her practice of Chinese medicine, specializing in fertility, perinatal and reproductive health. She had her two babies at home and truly believes in the transformative power of respectful autonomous birth.
When not supporting growing families through the tender childbearing years Kara can be found in the redwoods with her family enjoying nature and running on the trails through the forest with her dog.
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