Coming off hormonal contraception? What to expect
We work with women at all stages of their hormonal journeys.
Some are thinking about having a family soon while others are wanting to take a break from often a long journey on hormonal contraception.
Here’s what to expect when coming off hormonal contraception, when and what to test if your periods don’t come back and how to smooth this hormonal transition
Healing Past Trauma
Our ancient & beautiful Chinese Medicine works to integrate the mind, the body and the spirit for true healing and well-being.
As Chinese Medicine Practitioners, we are always exploring ways to further assist our clients with tools to help process traumatic events and ways of healing. It could be recent trauma or from an earlier time.
Trauma has become synonymous with modern living. A global health crisis at our heels,
Congrats, you're pregnant! Now what?
Whether you’ve been trying for a while or not at all, congratulations on getting to this point!
If you are / thinking about seeing a Chinese Med Practitioner, we recommend weekly Pregnancy Acupuncture sessions until your 13w scan to keep you as calm and well as possible!
What else do you need to do?
The Thyroid, Hormones & Fertility
Something we see very commonly in our clinic is thyroid abnormalities. Your thyroid controls your metabolism & so many of your hormones.
Thyroid issues have become increasingly more prevalent and can present as overactive or underactive and the symptoms can be varied and confusing and are important at all stages of life, especially for fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and perimenopause.
How does Acupuncture for fertility work?
Let's be honest—there's no journey quite as exciting, emotional, and sometimes frustrating as the quest for parenthood.
Let us introduce you to & explain the world of Acupuncture for fertility, discussing how this ancient practice might be the missing piece in your baby-making puzzle for natural conception or alongside IVF.
How to improve your symptoms of low iron deficiency anemia
We see a lot of women with Blood deficiency at our clinic.
In Western terms, Blood deficiency equates to either anemia or being on the way to anemia.
Blood deficient symptoms include: insomnia, fatigue, anxiety, scanty periods, dry brittle skin and nails, hair loss
Here’s what helps treat symptoms of Blood deficiency
What's causing your headache or migraines?
Do you suffer headaches and migraines like so many Australians?
Nearly 5 million people in Australia experience migraines each year and women are 3 times more likely to have headaches or migraines
These are some pretty wild stats!
What’s causing your headaches and migraines & what do we know helps?
Our Favourite Birth and Post Natal Care Resources
Preparing for motherhood can be such unfamiliar territory for mothers to be and it is nice to know that those who journeyed before us can share their experience and wisdom.
Here are our favourite books, pre-birth education, supplements and post-birth healing tools.
Making Auto Immune Paleo Easier
Whether you’ve come across Autoimmune Paleo in your own research or advised to do it for health reasons, AIP is a great option to help your body heal.
We understand, for some people, it can be a little tricky to get your head around at first.
So we’re here to help!
Here are the ways to make this as smooth as possible
What causes and helps inflammation?
What is inflammation? It is a natural defence mechanism, our own immune response to foreign stimuli such as virus or bacteria or trauma to the body with accidents.
We need it.
The problem is when it doesn’t switch off. The response continues far longer than the stimulus is present, which is then called chronic.