Dear Janine,

After having two children already and dealing with the pain of labor and delivery, I was a bit frightened of what the outcome would be for the birth of my third. When we first met you told me that, if I wanted, you could help me manage my pain with some acupressure and breathing techniques during delivery, as well as some pre-delivery acupuncture. I was ready and willing to try anything!

Well, I was IMPRESSED! I had to be induced with Pitocin and was a bit frightened because I had to have Pitocin with my second child, which was a nightmare. During the first two births, the epidural never took effect because of a defect in the epidural canal in my spine. Needless to say the pain was completely unbearable.

Prior to the delivery, you treated me with acupuncture several times. During the delivery, with your help, walking me through the breathing process, as well as applying pressure to the key points on my hand, I was amazed by how much pain I could tolerate. I am a firm believer that the combination of the pre labor acupuncture and your assistance on the day of the delivery helped me to have a speedy, uneventful, and easy delivery, which only lasted five hours! My other two labors lasted just over ten hours! Quite a difference!

After the birth of my third child I never felt better. I was up and around within an hour after delivery, feeling hardly any pain at all! After being released from the hospital, I began experiencing mid-back pain, horrible mid-back pain! You performed some acupuncture on me and within 40 minutes it was gone! Now it wasn't just gone for a couple of hours, it NEVER came back!

Within four days of having my child, I actually didn't feel like I had just had a baby at all! I was able to go out and help my husband dig trenches in the back yard, as we were putting up a privacy fence around our new home. I was truly impressed and believe that I felt the way I did because of the techniques that you performed on me before, during, and after the birthing process! For that, I will be forever grateful!! Thank you for all your help!

Laura T.
Woodstock, IL