Nurturing New Beginnings | Fertility & Maternity Acupuncture Expert |
Midwife | Complementary Therapy Consultant | Preconception Education Specialist | Emotional Wellness Practitioner | Co-Author, Midwives' Dictionary
https://bit.ly/wnh-bio Amanda is an acupuncturist and maternity complementary therapist in North Staffordshire who specialises in acupuncture and natural therapies aimed at promoting and maintaining good health and well-being in relation to pregnancy and fertility, including women’s health and gynaecological issues. Amanda is a registered and an experienced research midwife, researcher of complementary medicine and has been actively involved in many contemporary midwifery and gynaecological clinical trials. Amanda lectures and teaches acupuncture and massage in pregnancy to midwives with Expectancy, the leading provider of accredited complementary therapy courses for midwives. Since qualifying in massage and aromatherapy in the late 1990’s, Amanda's professional development for the last 25 years has focused around pregnancy and childbirth, reproductive health and complementary medicine. After completed the BSc (Hons) degree in Complementary Therapies some years ago Amanda has never looked back. She maintain's her own continued professional development portfolio and her passion for acupuncture has lead to pursue further study in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Amanda's philosophy is to ensure the safe use of complementary medicine in this specialist area and is committed to facilitating natural birth through natural therapies and providing satisfying experiences for women. She has seen the impact of stress, anxiety, pregnancy and infertility symptoms on women in her private practice and is keen to develop services accessible to all. Services which Amanda provides include working with women/couples who are trying to conceive naturally, or via assisted conception (IVF, ICSI, IUI, donor egg, donor s***m), using acupuncture or reproductive reflexology as a support. She understands natural conception and assisted conception procedures, including miscarriage and pregnancy conditions and what these mean physically, emotionally and financially. Other services include aromatherapy and pregnancy massage, maternity reflexology, moxibustion for breech babies, post dates pregnancy therapy, birth preparation and encouraging labour, acupressure for birth preparation and pain relief in labour, clinical hypnotherapy, facial cosmetic acupuncture, menopause, gynaecological conditions and women's general health. Amanda's aim is to offer professional, safe, evidence-based, individualised care which supports women through their reproductive health journeys, through providing natural therapies which she is passionate about and research has shown to have the ability to promote a greater sense of health and well-being, this, Amanda considers to be a rewarding experience and draws on so many of her skills, having had first rate experience helping women with stress and anxiety during these difficult times.
