Andrea Bicket Acupuncture specialises in Natural Fertility Management, Pregnancy Health Care and Natural Contraception.
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Welcome to Andrea Bicket Acupuncture
For thousands of years, Acupuncture and Oriental herbal medicine have been successfully supporting men’s and women’s health and fertility.
From natural contraception methods to menopause, your fertility issues are our speciality and you will be in our experienced, healing hands.
Our Natural Fertility Management programs are designed with a ‘no stones unturned’ approach and lead you to your goals:
optimal health and fertility
natural contraception
Planned conception
healthy pregnancy
Natural, uncomplicated labour
‘better’ healthy babies
Our relaxing Japanese Acupuncture style embraces the ancient philosophies of Oriental medicine and leaves you feeling balanced and rejuvenated.
We offer you a natural, holistic and integrated health care approach. We incorporate the best of Eastern and Western medicines to create health care programs, to not only free you of symptoms but to keep you well.
Services
Acupuncture
Experience the art of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture. Feel the rejuvenation and a balance of energy that acupuncture can create for you. By balancing your energy with Acupuncture, your natural healing processes begin and restore your health –mind, body and spirit.
Herbal Medicine
Is a highly effective Medicine from Mother Nature… sometimes your body will need internal medicine to return normal function and reach a healthy balance. Plants and herbs are a gentle and easy way for you to receive healing on a bio-chemical level.
Natural Fertility Management
Natural Fertility programs are designed for all your fertility needs; from contraception, planned conception, pregnancy health care through to menopause.
Natural Contraception Program...understanding your natural body signs
Empower your womanhood and intimate relationships by understanding your natural body signs for contraception. Avoid the harmful effects of drugs to control your cycles for contraception and feel the benefits of healthy natural menstrual cycles. These techniques once learnt can be used for the rest of your fertile days and gently lead you towards menopause.
Pre Conception Health Care... for healthier ‘better’ babies
When you reach optimal health prior to conceiving you can pass on that great health to your baby. The ‘Better’ babies program is true preventative medicine. Designed to support couples prior to conceiving and for those couples who are experiencing fertility problems. This program can also significantly help to increase the success of IVF attempts when completed prior to procedures. The benefits are healthier couples, healthier pregnancies and healthy babies.
Pregnancy Health Care... leading you towards natural labour
Congratulations! Now you are pregnant...continue to be supported by our experienced practitioners throughout your pregnancy and enjoy this precious time in life by alleviating aches and pain, calm morning sickness and heart burn, avoid conditions that are deemed ‘normal’ in Pregnancy.
What a relief! Acupuncture is a safe and natural way for treating all conditions of pregnancy should they arise.
From 35 weeks gestation, Acupuncture is beneficial to support your body’s natural processes to birth your baby. Oriental techniques have been used in midwifery for thousands of years, to improve the position of baby, softening your cervix, pelvis and ligaments, regulate hormones and descending energies which can lead you towards a natural, uncomplicated labour.
Induction
In Japan gestation is considered to be 42 weeks. Unfortunately, in the West women are keen to have their babies at 40 weeks which doesn’t always happen... It is well documented that Acupuncture is a gentle way to encourage babies to arrive.
Post Natal and Breastfeeding care
Congratulations... now your precious baby has arrived. Acupuncture and herbs can help to build your energies after labour, shorten your recovery time, slow bleeding and bring your body back into shape so you can enjoy motherhood. Should you experience breastfeeding complications; mastitis, engorgement or reduce supply and flow acupuncture can help.
What Science says about acupuncture and herbal medicine…
Modern scientific research revealed the following actions of Acupuncture: Inducing analgesia, protecting the body against infections, regulating various physiological functions.
Acupuncture originated in China thousands of years ago and has been adopted all over the world as a successful health care modality. The World health organisation states that Acupuncture can successfully treat many conditions such as: pain relief, tension, headache, migraine, TMJ pain and discomfort, chronic facial pain, reduces muscle spasm and increases joint motility, muscular skeletal conditions( Necks, backs and Knees), gout, biliary and renal colic, traumatic and postoperative pain, dentistry, childbirth, surgery, infections, pertussis (whooping cough), neurological disorders neuralgia, paresis post stroke, insomnia, respiratory disorders , allergic rhinitis, tonsillitis, asthma, digestive disorders; peptic ulcers , gastritis and gastric spasm, nausea vomiting, morning sickness, blood disorders, Fertility; male defective ejaculation, chronic prostatitis and improving sexual function, Female: polycystic ovary syndrome, recurrent urinary tract infections, premenstrual syndrome, female infertility with inflammation and obstruction of the fallopian tubes, improve foetal position in third trimester, Post partum; to promote lactation, cardiovascular conditions, psychiatric disorders and mental disturbances, paediatric disorders, Meniere disease and tinnitus, obesity and hyperlipidaemia, and diabetes mellitus to name a few...
According to a World Health Organisation review
Acupuncture is successful in treatment of male and female fertility problems such as: dysmenorrhoea, painful periods, recurrent UTI, polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility with inflammation and obstruction of the fallopian tubes.
Acupuncture is used successfully in Obstetrics for morning sickness; improving foetal position in the third trimester, and Childbirth.Post-partum care; to promote lactation male fertility: defective ejaculation, chronic prostatitis, and improving sexual function
Acupuncture has been shown to improve the success of IVF procedures…
The philosophies of Oriental medicine are holistic. The main focus of acupuncture treatment is on the quality and vitality of the eggs and sperm and not only on the quantity.
Herbal Medicine
According to the WHO (World Health Association) approximately 80% of the world’s population uses herbal medicine in some form and in some part of their primary health care. Infants, toddlers, children, elderly and animals can all take herbal medicine. Pregnant women under supervision can also take herbal medicine. Certain remedies promote a healthy full term pregnancy, reduce the likelihood of haemorrhaging during birth as well as reduce the likelihood of post natal depression.
Natural Fertility Management
Natural Contraception
By incorporating all the natural methods of contraception NFM has a formula that receives a 97-99% success rate when used correctly. You will find it easy and convenient without the side effects of drugs. Women report feeling empowered by understanding their natural body signs. The Contraception kit is comprehensive and will work for all your reproductive days from Menarche to Menopause.
Pre Conception Health Care (PCHC)
The PCHC program is True Preventative medicine. It’s all about passing on the best health to your children. Originally formulated by Francesca Naish, a Sydney based practitioner with 30 years’ experience in fertility. Francesca found that by improving the health and vitality of couples prior to conceiving, significantly improved the chances of conception and a healthy baby. The results of the research from the Foresight Program in the UK found that of 267 couples with fertility issues, received an 89% success rate and healthy babies. A combination of the lifestyle factors such as environmental, nutritional, lack of exercise, and stress can seriously lessen chances of a healthy conception. By addressing these areas and supporting the body with pure water, healthy diet and maintenance for your body from Acupuncture and Herbs, couples can reach optimal health and vitality and achieved their goals of healthy ‘better’ babies.
Pregnancy Health Care
Pregnancy health care focuses on supporting a woman’s natural ability to bring a healthy, happy baby into the world. With regular care and by attending to all aspects of your health throughout pregnancy, Acupuncture and Herbal medicine can help you towards your goal of a symptom free pregnancy and problem free birth.
Acupuncture and Herbal medicine are safe natural ways to help prepare for and facilitate labour, help with the recovery after birth and to assist the flow of breastfeeding.
Acupuncture and herbal medicine are natural and effective ways in which to treat almost any discomfort or complaint during pregnancy:
Threatened miscarriage
Morning sickness (Nausea and vomiting)
Heart burn and indigestion
Sinusitis, Colds and Flu
Constipation
Varicose veins & Haemorrhoids
Vulvae varicosities
Urinary tract infections
Musculoskeletal conditions (Back pain and leg cramps)
Fatigue and exhaustion
Anaemia
Insomnia
Anxiety and depression
itching in pregnancy
Pregnancy induced Hypertension
Oedema (fluid retention)
Breech and posterior position
Oriental medicine can also help with conditions that can arise prior to and after labour including:
Premature contractions
Delayed labour
Labour slow to progress
After birth pain and retained placenta
Post natal depression
Also conditions of breast feeding such as:
Poor milk production and flow
Mastitis and blocked ducts
How healing begins
The body is amazing and has the ability to heal itself!
Pain, headache, low energy, poor sleep and digestion... are some of the signs that your body is out of balance and is not functioning well.
So...When you give your body positive stimulation through Acupuncture and herbs, diet and exercise... your body reaches its full potential.
When you are in great health, your energy levels rise and you bounce out of bed in the mornings, natural hormones are produced and the natural cycles of life resume so you feel strong, energetic and in a balanced emotional state.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture gives the body the ‘right’ stimulation for healing to begin.
Acupuncture works with the energy of your body. The Japanese call this energy Ki which is a vital energy for life that circulates around the body via channels or meridians. Along these pathways of energy are the acupuncture points. We choose selected points and gently stimulate your Ki and create balance throughout your whole body.
Herbal Medicine
Herbal medicine works on a bio-chemical level and has been supporting populations for centuries. Herbalist use whole herbs which are extracted into liquids, granules and pillules that are combined into easy to digest formulae. Due to plants complex active principles, the body can more easily achieve long lasting medicinal benefits with few or no side effects, than a single isolated drug.
Natural Fertility Management
Natural Contraception is the safest most empowering method of avoiding conception currently available. These methods are suitable for all women and couples regardless of their previous contraception program or methods.
Preconception Health Care offers you a program of health care for conscious conception or to help overcome fertility problems using holistic natural medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, detoxification, and stress control and timing techniques.
Programs for couples involve a minimum of 4 months to restore health and revitalise eggs and sperm for conception and a healthy ‘better’ baby.
Pregnancy Health Care
Working with the body’s energy at the different stages of pregnancy can help to avoid complications along the way.
In the first 3 months of pregnancy, the aim of acupuncture is to raise the energies and hold the embryo in the uterus. Keeping the digestive energy calm and descending stomach energy to avoid nausea.
In the second trimester energy and blood is in abundance. The aim of acupuncture is to build and harmonise the blood that is feeding the growing foetus.
In the third trimester our focus is to keep Mum comfortable and baby in the best position. Moving energy blockages and softening the energy pathways to alleviate pain and discomfort.
From 35 weeks Acupuncture is recommended weekly to gently encourage energy to descend, improve the position of baby, and soften the channels and cervix in preparation for labour. It is our experience, that when the body is in a relaxed, balanced state that the body naturally progresses into labour.
Acupuncture prior to labour allows the ideal opportunity for the energy and blood, the emotions and the body to be in harmony. During labour some woman may benefit from acupuncture or acupressure to alleviate discomfort along the sacrum and pelvis.
Post-Natal Care is extremely valuable in helping the body to recover.
Raising the energy and assisting the uterus and the perineum back into place. Slowing the bleeding and building the blood and energy is a beneficial preparation for breastfeeding.
Our approach to Preconception and Pregnancy health care can greatly reduce the need for symptomatic treatments during pregnancy.
Want to find out more…
It’s easy... just give us a call to make a complimentary Pre Care Appointment. This 15miniute appointment will give you information about Acupuncture, Natural Fertility Management, our team and how you can benefit from our health care programs.
Mission statement
Our team is dedicated to embracing the philosophies, art and science of Acupuncture and Herbal medicine to create optimal health and increased fertility of individuals and couples for healthier ‘better’ babies and healthier families for future generations.
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Acupuncture, Natural Fertility Management, Nutrition, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Womens Health
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