Traditional Chinese Medicine and The First Trimester

Do you feel you need to avoid certain points on the body during pregnancy for fear it might stimulate birth?  

In today’s episode, Lynn speaks with Suzanne Yates, a Traditional Chinese Medicine provider and shiatzu practitioner,, about how she works with the body during pregnancy. Suzanne shares the areas she addresses in the pregnant body and her belief that women’s bodies are strong and powerful.

Listen in as Suzanne talks about how work in the first trimester is important because it is the foundation for the entire pregnancy. She talks about how there are no forbidden parts with acupressure and acupuncture in the first trimester and shares the cues the body gives, so you can become better attuned with the body to improve your treatment sessions. Suzanne also talks about what points on the body can help strengthen the cervix in some women which can also strengthen the connection to the womb.

Suzanne shares how when we do not let fear in, when we touch a point on a body we are helping the body do what it needs to do. We as providers do not create a miscarriage we support the body to finish the miscarriage. These are transformative points and we need to respect the power of the points to help transform the body. If the baby and mom are strong there is little we can do to end the pregnancy. 

You don’t want to miss all the insights Suzanne shares in how Chinese medicine techniques can support women especially in the first trimester.

Suzanne Yates will be joining us for the 2025 Birth Healing Summit! She will be sharing 3 specific techniques to support the birthing person. Join the Institute for Birth Healing mailing list for more details about the upcoming Birth Healing Summit taking place April 7 - 18, 2025.

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ABOUT TODAY’S SPEAKER

Suzanne Yates is an acclaimed international therapist, teacher, researcher and innovator. A published author and expert in the field of pre and postnatal shiatsu and bodywork, she has taught doctors, midwives, nurses, shiatsu therapists and massage practitioners to work with mothers and babies over the past 30 + years.

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