Course Overview
Please Note: This is an Audio and Reading course. Acupuncture and herbal medicine is emerging as a safe and vital alternative to conventional medicine for maintaining a normal pregnancy. In this course, participants gain significant knowledge of normal pregnancy physiology and the confidence to treat women seeking support for infertility and pregnancy, including postpartum care. Practitioners who treat women during pregnancy or postpartum should not miss this unique course!
Course Objectives
- The student will be able to describe embryological development
- The student will be able to describe the process of placentation
- The student will be able to apply modern research about acupuncture & IVF to enhance proper placental development and promote pregnancy wellness
- The student will be able to describe the mechanism of abnormal placental development and how this contributes to metabolic disorders of pregnancy
- The student will be able to describe Western complications of pregnancy, how to apply TCM adjunctive treatment, and when to refer
- The student will be able to apply knowledge of Chinese herbology to disorders of pregnancy and postpartum
- The student will be able to design treatment protocols for the promotion of wellness in pregnancy
- The student will be able to diagnose, differentiate, and treat disorders of pregnancy
- The student will be able to diagnose, differentiate, and treat disorders of postpartum
Course Outline
0 hrs - 4 hrsIntroduction, Western physiology of pregnancy, embryology, placentation, & elements of Western pregnancy care
4 hrs - 4.5 hrsReframing herbology: herbs for qi, blood, yin, & essence
4.5 hrs - 6.75 hrsAcupuncture protocols for the prevention of metabolic disorders of pregnancy
6.75 hrs - 8 hrsTCM pattern id and treatment strategies for diseases of early pregnancy
8 hrs - 9 hrsTCM pattern ID and treatment strategies for complications of pregnancy & postpartum care
9 hrs - 10 hrsTCM pattern ID and treatment strategies of leucorrhea, mastitis, lactation, & postpartum depression
10 hrs - 13 hrsReading - Notes
Teacher
Valerie Hobbs has been a health care provider since 1979. She began her career as a direct-entry midwife in 1979 and maintained a midwifery practice until 1995 when she became a licensed acupuncturist. Seeking additional skills, Valerie also worked as an EMT-Paramedic from 1983-86.
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Approved by: Standard Certificate, NCCAOM,
Course Type: Audio and Reading
Course Length: 13 Hrs.
Course Credits: 13 CPD
Course Notes: There are no notes provided with this course.
Access Period: Lifetime
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Note
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