HEY Acupuncture

16/09/2025

✨Holistic fertility and Pregnancy care that goes beyond acupuncture. With the guidance of a midwife specialist in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, you’ll receive nurturing care, expert advice, and treatments designed to support a healthy pregnancy ✨

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✨Joanne Ashton: Registered midwife and acupuncturist. BSc(Hons) Midwifery, BSc(Hons) Acupuncture.

07/09/2025

06/09/2025

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💜Bonding with your baby in utero (inside the womb)💜

💜This starts in the womb, talk to your baby and respond to their movements

💜Rub or stroke your bump when talking to your baby

💜Your baby can send signals to their brain from 18 weeks pregnant and is familiar with voices by 24 weeks

💜Take time out in your pregnancy to get use to your baby’s pattern of movements

💜Talking and responding to your baby will make them use to your voice and help them feel calm

💜Communicating with your baby in utero will help their brain develop

💜Feeling your baby kick and move can help boost your oxytocin, this hormone helps you bond with your baby and helps with breastfeeding

💜Sing or read to your bump to build your connection

💜Get your partner, siblings, family and friends involved - familiar voices start in the womb

💜Use your badger notes to keep updated with your baby's development in utero

If you are struggling with bonding with your baby or pregnancy please reach out to your midwife, GP or ask a midwife service for further support


💜Bonding with your baby also continues in the postnatal period 💜

03/09/2025

🥰A Little Message...🥰

03/09/2025

💥Migraine awareness week 💥

💥Mild headaches are common in pregnancy. They are often caused by hormones or dehydration. Headaches normally ease or resolve with:

💛Rest or sleep
💛Fluids such as water for hydration
💛Paracetamol if required (500g x2 tablets)

💥Migraines can improve during pregnancy or may get worse. If you experience a migraine for the first time in pregnancy consult your GP who can assess and refer if necessary.

💥Due to the hormonal changes in pregnancy you might find your migraine symptoms improve if you are prone to migraines pre pregnancy

💥DO NOT take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen in pregnancy as this can impact baby's growth and development (unless you have consulted a doctor)

💥Consult a doctor before taking codeine tablets as this also might impact baby when they are born (withdrawal of the medication)

💥Other less common causes are low iron or high blood pressure. This tends to happen later in pregnancy from 20 weeks. Your midwife can check your blood pressure, urine sample and take a blood sample if needed.

💥It is important to look out for signs of pre-eclampsia from 20 weeks of pregnancy concerning symptoms include severe headaches, vision problems, blurred vision, seeing flashing lights, pain just below your ribs, vomiting, epigastric pain, a sudden increase in swelling of your face, hands, feet or ankles.

💥If you are experiencing any of the above or below symptoms, we would advise you to contact maternity triage or your GP

💥Sudden onset of headache or migraine
💥Significant changes in headaches
💥Worsening headache with fever
💥Headache triggered by cough or sneezing
💥Headache associated to neck or head trauma
💥Headache with impaired consciousness or personality changes
💥Headache which doesn't ease with rest, hydration and pain relief
💥Visual disturbances

01/09/2025

Silence can protect you...

The UK Government is testing the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm.

The test will be sent to all compatible 4G and 5G mobile phones and tablets across the UK. You will hear a loud siren-like sound, vibration, and a message will appear on the screen to confirm it is a test and that you do not need to take any action. The sound and vibration will last for about 10 seconds, even if your phone is set to silent.

Whilst these alerts aim to protect the public in emergencies, however, they could put victim-survivors of domestic abuse at risk if they own hidden or secondary devices.

If you feel the test may put you or someone you know at risk, you can opt out of the alerts to keep your device hidden by:

👉 iPhone & Android : Settings - Search 'emergency alerts' - Turn off Severe Alerts & Emergency Alerts.
👉 Other mobile phones and tablets: Go to 'messages' then 'message settings' then 'Wireless Emergency Alerts' or 'Alerts'. Go to 'settings' then 'Advanced' then 'Emergency Broadcasts'. Then turn off both 'Emergency Alerts' & 'Severe Alerts’

The freephone, 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline if needed is 0808 2000 247

For more information on the Emergency Alerts test, visit www.gov.uk/prepare

30/08/2025

Another Acupuncture Hull baby boy on the way — due Jan 2026 💙 We’re definitely seeing more boys than girls right now!”
Love acupuncture and midwifery supporting women on their fertility pregnancy journey 🌸

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29/08/2025

Lovely flowers from the newest Acupuncture Hull baby 🩵🩵
Honoured to have supported mum through her fertility and pregnancy journey.”

27/08/2025

A lovely patient review ❤️

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Contact Joanne on: 07765221074 to book your appointment

26/08/2025

🌟Those last few weeks…🌟

The last few weeks of pregnancy can be very hard especially if you are struggling physically with the pregnancy.

Try to find things to do each day to occupy your mind – make sure your bag is packed (again!), write a birth plan, get plenty of rest, stock up the freezer and cupboards with easy meals for those first few days home, read up on the early days after the baby is born and meet up with friends and family.

Stay strong! You will get there!!! 💜

26/08/2025

✨ Holistic Pregnancy Acupuncture ✨

Supporting your health and wellbeing throughout pregnancy.
🌿 Gentle, safe, and effective care tailored to each stage of pregnancy
🌿 Promotes balance, relaxation, and relief from common pregnancy symptoms
🌿 Provided by a fully qualified Midwife and Acupuncturist for complete confidence and peace of mind
💜 Helping you feel nurtured, supported, and well throughout your journey into motherhood.

28/07/2025

❌ Do not use a handheld doppler unless you are trained ❌

Hearing your baby’s heartbeat is precious and reassuring for many parents; however it is important that only midwives and trained health professionals use a doppler to listen in. Please do not have one at home for personal use.

Hand held Dopplers are pocket-sized, battery-operated devices that send out high-frequency ultrasound waves. There's usually a handset, a built-in speaker, and a transducer that's placed against your bump. The ultrasound waves pass through your skin and tissue, and then bounce back. This bounce is then translated into sound.

When using a hand held doppler it is possible for there to be some confusion with the mother’s own heartbeat and pulsing of the placenta which can be doubled to sound like the baby’s heartbeat. This means that when you listen in, you may not be hearing the baby’s heartbeat at all and you can be falsely reassured.

Monitoring your baby’s movements is still the best way for parents to keep an eye on their wellbeing. If you notice a change in your baby’s movements; if your baby's movements have changed pattern then you need to contact your maternity unit immediately to be professionally monitored.