I. The PREGNANCY
Acupuncture Treatment
This session offers a thorough intake of your pregnancy details and goes over your health history and addresses any signs and symptoms you may be experiencing. We go over the traditional Chinese medicine outlook on pregnancy, pregnancy education, and the healthiest tips to keep you and baby healthy, calm, and strong.
Acupuncture for pregnancy offers a natural holistic approach to supporting a healthy pregnancy. By targeting specific points, acupuncture can help alleviate common discomforts such as nausea, fatigue, swelling, back pain, acid reflux, sciatica, joint pain, insomnia, skin issues and emotional support.
It also promotes relaxation, reduces stress, and balances hormone levels, helping both mother and baby feel nurtured to provide a safe and soothing space to embrace the journey of pregnancy with ease, strength, and serenity. Whether you’re looking to ease discomfort or enhance overall well-being, acupuncture provides gentle support throughout your pregnancy journey, fostering a sense of calm, generating a deeper connection between mother and baby, and promoting a smoother, more comfortable experience during this beautiful and transformative time.
(See packages for discounted acupuncture throughout your pregnancy journey.)
Please note, the initial session is slightly longer than follow-up appointments to allow for a thorough intake, health history, and personalized treatment plan.
Initial: 90 minutes $175
Follow-Up: 60 minutes $120
3 Pack: $339
(15 savings)
6 Pack: 655
($60 savings)
12 Pack: $1,188
($216 savings)
Memberships:
Bask Gentle Recovery Postpartum Monthly Membership: $115
(1x 60 min session)
Bask Full Support Postpartum Monthly Membership: $219
(2x 60 min sessions)
Add a gift card for this treatment to your baby registry so loved ones can gift you the best (and most important) gift of all ~ calm, care, and wellness for you and your baby.
II. The BREECH BABY Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment
The use of acupuncture and moxibustion (moxa) to turn breech babies has a long history in Traditional Chinese Medicine dating back to the 16th century.
By using specific acupuncture points and gently applying heat to the points with moxa (an herb called Mugwort), these treatments help stimulate the Yang energy in the mother. It is believed in TCM that the root of breech presentation can present in the mother when there is stagnation and Yang deficiency. Thus, this is why the Yang energy must be supported, and why most breech presentations can occur during winter months where the season is more Yin than Yang.
Many mothers turn to TCM practitioners due to this extremely gentle and non-invasive method and is used in conjunction or as an alternative with modern obstetrics. These modalities are safe, natural therapies that can help encourage a breech baby to turn into optimal fetal positioning before delivery.
According to Chinese medicine, it is recommended to do a full 10-day course of moxa, even if baby has already turned, to ensure they remain head-down until labor. Applications can be shorter in duration by the end.
It is important to note that the longer a baby remains in a breech position, the more difficult it may be for the baby to turn, as they continue to grow in the womb leaving less space for turning. If you’ve received a Breech Baby diagnosis, it is best to begin treatment as soon as possible.
(See packages for discounted breech presentation pregnancy treatments.)
90 minutes: $175
Follow-Up: $160
5 Pack: $810
($115 savings)
10 Pack: $1,490
($260 savings)
Add a gift card for this treatment to your baby registry so loved ones can gift you the best (and most important) gift of all ~ calm, care, and wellness for you and your baby.
III. The LABOR INDUCTION Acupuncture Treatment
For thousands of years, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners have been using acupuncture to induce labor naturally.
Pregnancy is a very exciting time filled with many transformations and anticipation. As you approach the final stages of pregnancy, you may consider acupuncture to help ease emotional anxiety, fear, or stress and to help initiate the process of labor naturally.
As women reach 40 weeks of pregnancy, often times methods of induction become heavily encouraged in Western healthcare. Interventions are discussed and giving consent can be a slippery slide from one intervention to another. To precipitate the necessity for more such as the use of induction medications or having a Cesarean delivery (or more, not without dangers of their own), natural induction may be a very valid first resort.
If you find yourself approaching 40 weeks, or are over 40 weeks, acupuncture can help prepare the body for birth by inserting the needles at specific points in the body to promote the production of hormones needed to signal to the body to induce labor safely and effectively. Treatments are tailored to the individual and are designed to work in harmony with the body, offering a calm, supportive approach to initiating labor naturally. Stimulate your body’s innate wisdom to do what it was meant to with the help of acupuncture and TCM.
Initial: 90 minutes: $225
Follow-up: 90 minutes: $195
Add a gift card for this treatment to your baby registry so loved ones can gift you the best (and most important) gift of all ~ calm, care, and wellness for you and your baby.
IV. The HERBAL MEDICINE
Pregnancy Consultation
Our Herbal Medicine Consultation for pregnancy offers gentle, personalized support through each stage of your journey. Rooted in traditional Chinese wisdom and guided by your unique needs, this session focuses on nurturing balance, easing common discomforts, and preparation for labor.
Chinese Herbal Medicine is known to help treat aspects of pregnancy that are not widely known such as calming the fetus which can prevent miscarriage if baby is stressed and restless. Labor prep formulas can help strengthen the waters and uterus. Carefully selected, pregnancy-safe herbal recommendations are tailored to help you feel more grounded, supported, and at ease as your body prepares for birth.
(See packages for discounted herbal medicine inclusion pregnancy treatments.)
In Office: 45 minutes $90
Telehealth: 30 minutes $85
Add a gift card for this treatment to your baby registry so loved ones can gift you the best (and most important) gift of all ~ calm, care, and wellness for you and your baby.
Uncomfortable Symptoms
Your growing body and quickly changing hormones can cause some uncomfortable symptoms as your pregnancy progresses such as nausea, fatigue, back pain, and stress in a safe, drug-free way.Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can help alleviate these and rather than masking them, treats the root cause.
Relieves Physical Pain & Tension
As the body changes, many women experience back, hip, or pelvic pain, sciatica or muscle cramps. Acupuncture helps improve blood flow and relax muscles by targeting specific acupuncture points to reduce discomfort.
Acupuncture & Moxa for Breech Baby
Acupuncture and moxa offer a gentle, non-invasive approach to supporting optimal fetal positioning, including in cases of a breech baby. Rooted in TCM, this method focuses on stimulating specific points with moxa to improve circulation in the uterus and relaxing the muscles and ligaments around the pelvis and uterus to help create the conditions that allow a baby to turn naturally into a head-down position.
Supports Emotional Well-Being
Hormonal changes can lead to mood swings (rage, crying spells), anxiety, or insomnia. This exciting time of life can also be filled with fear, sadness, grief, anger, and worry at times. Acupuncture can help calm the mind and promote more stable sleep and emotional balance by treating the body as a whole and addressing these emotions physically. TCM is wonderful for helping to prevent PPD/PPA so you can simply focus on bonding with your baby seamlessly after birth.
Induce Labor Naturally
Acupuncture offers a holistic approach to encourage labor when your body and baby are ready. Using gentle, precise points, treatments help support the natural rhythms of the body—promoting relaxation, enhancing circulation to the uterus, and encouraging the hormonal shifts that signal the beginning of labor. Often used in the final weeks of pregnancy, it provides a soothing experience that aligns with your body’s innate wisdom as it prepares for birth.
Natural Labor Induction
In the later stages of pregnancy, acupuncture is often used to help the body prepare for labor by using specific points to encourage softening of the cervix, keeping waters intact, promoting blood flow and calming mama and baby as the due date gets closer. Chinese medicine tips are given for smooth labor and preparation for postpartum begins.
