Pregnancy + Postpartum

Perhaps you’ve just recently read your positive home pregnancy test and are wondering about options for safe, effective, and natural health care during your gestation. Maybe you’re already enjoying cuddles and getting to know your new sweet baby while wondering how to improve your energy or ditch some pesky postpartum ailments. Wherever you are in the childbearing process, Chinese and Maya medicine can be an immense support for your body and mind, for prevention of problems, getting to the root of undesirable symptoms, and supporting your body in order to optimize your long term health.  

If you are feeling great and have no medical issues, routine care can help you keep things that way. If you are yet to give birth, birth preparation care can help get you ready. If you are experiencing any undesirable symptom or medical condition, Chinese and Maya medicine are fantastic at relieving these as well as addressing the root cause of them.

When appropriate, Dr. Eastin prefers to be in communication with your midwife or obstetrician in order to coordinate the best care possible.

What To Expect

Treatment is highly individualized and is based on both your Chinese and Western diagnoses.  Treatment consists of a combination of acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, nutrition and supplement recommendations, Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy®, qigong instruction and lifestyle recommendations.  Any Western treatment that you are receiving is supported by and integrated into your Chinese medicine treatment.

Dr. Eastin’s integrative Chinese medicine treatment is rooted in Classical Chinese medicine, which understands the human body by understanding the patterns of change and transformation in all of nature. Classical Chinese medicine treats any disease, including infertility, by first determining the underlying pattern that presently exists in each individual.  There is a most effective way to treat any given pattern, made more effective when modified for the current phase of the menstrual cycle, the disease diagnosis, and any presenting symptoms.

This Classical Chinese medicine framework is overlaid with modern Chinese and Western research-based medicine and combined with techniques of traditional Maya medicine, and results in a comprehensive and effective treatment for infertility.

All Conditions

  • Endometriosis

  • Advanced maternal age

  • Luteal phase defect

  • Ovulatory disorders

  • Immunological factors

  • Male factor

  • Unexplained infertility

  • Diminished ovarian reserve

  • Hormonal imbalances

  • Polycystic ovarian syndrome

  • Uterine lining problem

Childbirth Preparation

Chinese medicine and our other modalities are wonderful for preparing for childbirth. Research has shown that acupuncture can reduce chances of delayed onset of labor and the need for induction and can reduce average duration of labor. 

A 2004 study of 140 women giving birth for the first time, showed that the 70 women in the control group spent an average of 8 hours and 2 minutes in labor while the 70 women who received pre-birth acupuncture (the same base protocol Dr. Eastin uses) spent an average of 6 hours and 36 minutes in labor. The benefits for childbirth extend beyond duration of labor, though. In women who receive pre-birth acupuncture, midwives report fewer interventions needed, including less need for induction as labor spontaneous initiates close to the due date more often than in women who do not receive it (1).