Pregnancy Acupuncture and Herbs: Help Prevent Gestational Diabetes
In Chinese medicine the Spleen and Stomach, the organs most intertwined with metabolic health. With thousands of years of practice both needles of acupuncture and herbal medicine can support you.
Recent case studies in the clinic:
A patient in her second pregnancy was very near to a gestational diabetes diagnosis. Her blood glucose number was at the peak place before tipping into GD territory. She took this seriously and knew she had to pay close attention to her nutrition and movement. Additionally, she committed to weekly acupuncture. At home she used a glucometer to pay attention to how her sugars were after meals, if she needed an extra walk so should take it a the numbers would come down. Because she was using the biofeedback of the glucometer she saw that the day after acupuncture her numbers were always lower, her body was not on alert.
Another patient in her second pregnancy knew the drill. She got a gestational diabetes diagnosis in her first pregnancy, and was able to keep things at bay. We started our work together earlier in her first pregnancy, supporting the reduction of nausea throughout the first trimester. Then when the second trimester she told me she had GD in her first. We put her on a custom herbal formula to support her Spleen and Stomach. It also helped reduce the remaining cause and support her energy.
It is the greatest joy to support people to fell well AND test well. These diagnoses and conditions are not always preventable. In our medicine we are supporting your body towards its ability to heal optimally. No matter what the specific conditions we can alleviate symptomology and most often prevent things we don’t know are coming. It is always an incredible gift to prevent things we know there is risk for.
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Resources:
Lily Nichols everything - Real Food for Pregnancy
