The Mother Podcast
Information and discussion on holistic health for mothers. There are so many ways we can take charge of our and our families' health and wellbeing - especially when medical options are limited. Join us for conversations on fertility and pregnancy, birth and postpartum, uterine and breast health, hormones and mental health and all aspects of the lifelong experience of motherhood. Includes interviews with experts and practitioners, as well as information from podcast host Suzanne Maier, midwife and mother of 4 interesting children.
The Mother Podcast
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Pregnancy and Postpartum with Lena Fong
In this episode, Suzanne speaks with Lena Fong, a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner who uses acupuncture, herbs, moxibustion and cupping to heal to maintain vitality and wellbeing. Lena is a highly learned and experienced practitioner and explains the TCM approach to health.
Lena is also a yoga teacher and a doula, and is passionate about working with pregnant and postpartum women to maintain health and wellbeing.
Listen to this episode to find out:
- the TCM approach to fertility
- the TCM approach to reproductive health
- how TCM approaches health in an individualised way
- how TCM uses holistic means in convalescing from an illness or surgery
- what cupping is and how it works
- the intricacy of TCM - pulse taking as a diagnostic skill so different than the Western approach
- different pregnancy conditions that TCM is useful for, including hyperemesis and SPD (symphysis pubis dysfunction)
- how moxibustion works for breech presentation - or any fetal positioning you'd like to encourage to move
- acupuncture for a postdates pregnancy to help stimulate spontaneous labour
- acupuncture with mastitis
- the TCM approach to postpartum care - the mother's 40 days and how to care for her
- the difference between acupuncture delivered from a TCM approach and acupuncture from a Western approach
Further Reading
The Spark in the Machine by Dr Daniel Keown
Lena can be found at www.lenafong.com
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music by Shooglenifty with Dhun Dhora
https://www.shooglenifty.com/
The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier