Pregnancy & Acupuncture

This is my passion and joy and what I most enjoy about all my Acupuncture practice. It's being creative in producing placid and contented babies. I have one of my own to prove it - Selwyn Wong Doo - Acupuncturist

Do you want a "Contented and Healthy Baby"?

Yes, that is correct! This is one of your BEST INVESTMENTS.

We specialise in treating mother & baby, "pre-natal & post-natal".
We find that mothers who have Acupuncture from 36 weeks onwards, give birth to a placid, healthy and contented baby, an ABSOLUTE JOY to look after.

In other words, happy babies!

Forget the past when you had those crying, upset colicky babies. This is the latest advancement and technology in modern Acupuncture.

Through careful placement of the Acupuncture needles and with gentle and soothing Chinese Tui Na massage we can enhance the wellbeing of the baby.

ACUPUNCTURE also offers a safe, effective and drug free treatment option after pregnancy for Post-Natal Depression.

Benefits of Acupuncture to the Baby:
Promotes the wellbeing of the baby while still in the womb
Less stress for the baby on arrival
Reduce allergies before baby is born
Stronger immune system & constitution
Reduce occurrence of colic


Benefits of Acupuncture to the New Mother:
Helps back and shoulder aches
Reduce blood pressure & toxemia
Breech babies can be turned
Posterior babies can be turned
Reduce labour pains
Gentle inducement to labour if the baby is overdue
Increase breast milk
Helps anaemia
Helps constipation, haemorrhoids & varicose veins
Faster recovery from the birth
Helps tiredness & increases energy levels
Helps in preventing post-natal depression by balancing energies


To achieve these benefits for MOTHER & BABY:

You need weekly treatments from week 36 of the pregnancy and 4 weeks after the birth. These treatments will be approximately 45 - 60 mins per session. This will be one of your BEST INVESTMENTS for your baby's future.

We have helped many New Zealanders in this gentle way of healing.

Testimonials:
Jan - baby girl. "She's placid, very sensitive, can't tell her off, great talker, confident, gregarious, and full of personality, lots of energy."

Barbara - baby boy. "He's quiet, eats well, sleeps all the time, and has to be woken to be feed. What a delight. I'll think I'll have another child."

Michelle - aged 42, 1st child, daughter. "Very placid, sleeps a lot, grandma is happy with the contented baby, she is the envy of the coffee group and can be handed around to all the other mums without fuss."

Elizabeth - aged 34, 1st child, a son. "Four hour labour, he's placid and a joy to look after".

Acupuncture also helps the following:
Morning Sickness
Neck and back aches
Helps prevent miscarriages
Promote the optimum health & wellbeing of the foetus

Postnatal Care:
Reduce stretch marks
Reduce the 'wind' that is left in the abdomen after birth
A special diet for the first 3 weeks after delivery to shrink the stomach
Scar tissue repair
Insufficient lactation/increase breast milk
Depression
Urinary incontinence


In the first trimester, morning sickness, hormonal changes, threatened miscarriages, back aches are the most common ailments. Acupuncture, Massage, some homeopathic remedies and Chinese herbs can help to alleviate these conditions.

The last weeks of the pregnancy is the most important time to prepare the mother for the forthcoming birth. This is the time when we have a chance to reduce as many allergies that may be passed on from both parents e.g. asthma, food allergies, skin problems, digestive problems. The whole idea is to treat the mother and make her as healthy as possible. This healthiness will be passed onto the newborn child. Having Acupuncture in the last 4 weeks will help to relax the baby, creating a friendly, secure and relaxed environment for his/her entry. It will also relax the pelvic region and turn the baby if it is in a breach or posterior position. Labour pains are greatly reduced and have been known to reduce to about 4 hours.

For many generations the Chinese believe those 2 weeks before the birth, the body needs to be balanced, so there is a special diet of foods that a pregnant mother needs to avoid. The body goes into a "hot" state (like a too acid stage); therefore cooling foods must be eaten to balance the body. Chinese herbs and homeopathic remedies are given to help bruising and the trauma of the birth.
After the birth, for 3 weeks, there is also another diet to go on. The body is considered to be in a "cold" state (like a too alkaline stage), and therefore requires warming and hot foods. This diet is the opposite of the pre-birth diet. The Chinese have many remedies to help to activate breast milk, reduce the abdomen, bring the organs back into position, reduce bleeding and help to restore the vital calcium & blood that is lost during pregnancy.

You have only one chance to ensure that your baby is as healthy as possible prior to birth. If a baby is born healthy and strong, with a strong constitution, then that child will have a good start in life. He/she will have sustained energy and vitality and the drive for life.

The Wong Doo Health Clinic makes no guarantees as each person differs with progress. We have a family history of Acupuncture for over 70 years experience in Auckland in this field.