Course Overview

Are you really great at treating fertility but are afraid to treat your same patients once they’re pregnant, and even more when they are high risk? If so, you have come to the right place! Dr. Deb Davies, DACM, L.Ac. is teaching some incredibly helpful information to acupuncturists on how to confidently support women throughout their entire journey from fertility through postpartum. Experience Dr. Deb’s teachings & build your confidence with a fresh perspective on women’s health using the powerful tools of Chinese medicine.

Dr. Deb discusses fertility, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum from her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist. She will include tools to help you build confidence in working with this population. Deb shares case studies about fertility, birth, standard of care, and pregnancy & postpartum diseases along with tools to help postpartum mamas including TCM treatments and more.

Take this course if you want to explore women’s health beyond fertility, or if you are new to the world of birth and want to expand your knowledge. Grow your skills to become more confident in working with this precious population.

This class is an excellent overview of helpful knowledge to support women on their journey starting with fertility and following them through postpartum! Join us for our series working as an acupuncturist with Successfully Supporting Women During the Childbearing Years with TCM: A Fresh Perspective on Women’s Health.

Course Objectives

• Understand the causes of infertility and how to support with TCM.
• Learn how to help patients get pregnant, stay pregnant, and carry to term.
• Be able to identify pregnancy red flags.
• Identify pregnancy and postpartum diseases and protocols.
• Discover application of TCM tools during labor, birth, and postpartum recovery.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 1 hrsThis is an introduction to the causes of infertility and options for treatment within the Western healthcare system. It includes lifestyle suggestions, TCM protocols, and Chinese herbs to support cases of infertility.

1 hrs - 2 hrsThis section teaches about safety protocols to have in place for treating pregnancy. It also includes how to "hold the baby in" with acupuncture protocols, conscious conversations to have with pregnant women, and tools to have in the clinic.

2 hrs - 3 hrsHelp practitioners identify red flags that can occur during pregnancy and how to create a referral list to other practitioners, especially in high risk cases.

3 hrs - 5 hrsLearn about the several common pregnancy and postpartum diseases and TCM protocols for treating them.

5 hrs - 6 hrsThis section shows ways to apply TCM tools during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum recovery.