• Introduction to using acupuncture in pregnancy.
• Safety of acupuncture during pregnancy with reference to clinical studies.
• Forbidden points - historical references, occurrence in western texts , relevance to today's practice.
• Acupuncture research - relevant studies in British and American medical journals that can be used to promote safe and effective obstetric acupuncture.

This online course will present a comprehensive and detailed approach to the treatment of women during pregnancy.  Disorders and problems of pregnancy and labour will be considered from the viewpoint of both Western and Chinese medicine. The emphasis will be on treatment strategies that have been proven through extensive clinical practice, backed up by case examples. At the end of this course participants will feel confident and competent to treat women at all stages of pregnancy.

This course covers acupuncture for selected conditions with a focus on those most relevant to clinical practice; nausea during pregnancy, miscarriage, anaemia, pregnancy induced hypertension, breech and posterior positions, heartburn, vulval varicosities, musculoskeletal conditions (rib pain, lower back pain, pain of the symphysis pubis, neck pain), induction. And More..

• A review of research into prebirth acupuncture and its relevance to clinical practice
• An observational study of its use as part of normal midwifery practice for 169 women in New Zealand
• The potential for prebirth acupuncture to reduce medical intervention including induction and caesarean sections
• The reality of using prebirth acupuncture in clinical practice as an acupuncturist
• Research and evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of prebirth acupuncture