Growing numbers of women who experience pregnancy loss of all kinds - from early spontaneous miscarriage to stillbirth - seek help from practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in their recovery and preparation for future pregnancy. However, CAM is largely unregulated, and can be an unfamiliar and confusing area for mainstream health professionals. Many of these also have questions about the efficacy and safety of complementary or alternative treatments, and what they may be able to offer. Meanwhile, CAM practitioners may be unaware of the medical investigations and treatments available for conditions such as miscarriage, ectopics, gestational trophoblastic disease, preterm labour, foetal reduction, intrauterine death and stillbirth, and other less common complications. This book, written by an experienced CAM practitioner, aims primarily to provide medical professionals with the knowledge and confidence to advise women seeking complementary or alternative treatments. The author draws on her experience as a CAM practitioner to illustrate key areas where integrating sound and professional CAM into standard practice can offer women benefits, including improved psychological recovery from pregnancy loss. It also gives CAM practitioners greater insight into conventional medicine, and aids them to better understand, respect and care for women experiencing pregnancy loss. This book will be essential reading for all those who work with women who have experienced pregnancy loss, including health visitors, midwives, GPs, practice nurses, counsellors, psychotherapists, and CAM practitioners of all kinds.
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An excellent reference work for complementary therapists treating pregnant clients or those with fertility issues - my own experience is as a reflexologist including teaching the subject and specialist workshops in maternity reflexology. The book provides clarification of the terminology used in this field, reported assessments of the possible causes and risk factors and the clinical approach but in a language we can understand. This provides us with a solid foundation before going on to discuss the spectrum of psychological and emotional issues that are part of pregnancy loss and factors we need to consider in helping our clients to move forward and where appropriate prepare for the next pregnancy. Throughout the book the author convinces us of her experience in this field with numerous references to situations she's worked with using herbal medicine and acupuncture but the book is not therapy specific. The work is well supported by reference to original sources studied and includes a wealth of useful contact organisations. And all this in less than 140 pages!
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