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Homeopathy for Pregnancy and Childbirth
Homeopathy has a great deal to offer pregnant women, during pregnancy and the delivery. Homeopathic medicines are safe for your growing baby because only a minute amount of the active ingredient is used in their preparation (1).
By stimulating your vitality in pregnancy, homeopathic treatment can benefit your baby and by staying as healthy as possible during pregnancy, you are giving your baby the ideal conditions in which to thrive.
Physical and emotional changes during pregnancy may cause health problems such as nausea, mild urinary problems, diarrhoea, heartburn, anaemia, varicose veins, backache, cramps, thrush or emotional distress. All these problems and other potentially complicated symptoms such as raised blood pressure may be helped by professional homeopathic treatment (2).
Furthermore, these are remedies that appear to be effective in dealing with possible problems during childbirth, such as a cervix which is slow to dilate, pain, excessive bleeding, retained placenta and other difficulties (3). I can administer homeopathic remedies for you whilst you’re in labour or alternatively, I can recommend a labour kit and advise you and your partner on the use of remedies in labour if you choose not to have a doula present.
References:
- Danat F Rampes H. Do homeopathic me4dicines provoke adverse effects? A systematic
review. BR Homeopathic Journal J, 2000;89 (Supl): 535-
8 - Goodmans S. Quality of life in pregnat women in homeopathic or mainstream medical type care and the course of the pregnancy (review). Positive Health, 1999;43.
- Smith J. Using homeopathy during pregnancy and labour. Midwifery Digest, 1998;8 (3),
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