Postpartum

Birth is a moment. Postpartum is forever. Over the last few years, I’ve been sharing this phrase with families I work with. We do so much planning for baby; we create Pinterest-inspired nurseries, research the best breast pumps, find the...

At Acupuncture Northwest & Associates we love learning about other top practitioners in our community, especially those we think our patients may benefit from! With this in mind, I had the opportunity to talk with Kelsea Cannon, a PT and...

We are proud to announce that we are teaching partners and support people of pregnant folks, acupressure for birth prep, labor and postpartum! Come and take this powerful and useful class to be of crucial support to the pregnant person in...

Our very own Natalie Willits did her first day at Swedish Hospital Perinatal Department! She went in this morning and treated one of our patients who gave birth yesterday. It all went very smoothly. The patient loved it and the...

When people ask what I do for work, I get excited. I tell them I am a Postpartum Doula and support families after they have a baby. I explain it can be an overwhelming and isolating time. Having someone there to offer...

With locations in both Seattle and Tacoma, our team at Acupuncture Northwest & Associates has the pleasure of being apart of two vibrant communities.  Maintaining this sense of community, however, can be hard at times amidst our growing cities. We’ve...

Now that you’ve welcomed your little one(s) to the world after a cesarean birth, you, like many women, may be wondering what recovery will be like. Once you’ve healed, and have been cleared by your doctor/midwife/physician (usually 6-8 weeks post-delivery),...

Both Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine can agree: the benefits to breastfeeding your baby are tremendous. Both mother and baby benefit from this bonding (and sometimes frustrating!) experience in emotional and physical ways

Many of us know or have loved ones with a cleft lip or palate. I, myself, have a cleft lip; my mother as well. In utero, the lip forms between the fourth and seventh weeks of pregnancy, the palate during the...

If you have questions about how acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can enhance your fertility, you can have a free 15 minute phone consultation with one of our fertility acupuncturists. In this 15 minute con-sultation, we can review your fertility history...