by Alicia Masiulis | Nov 10, 2021 | Acupuncture, Nutrition
Holidays can bring both good and bad stress. This year many of us will be planning family celebrations. This may create extra work in terms of shopping, decorating and preparing food on top of an already busy life schedule. For some there may be decisions about...
by Alicia Masiulis | Apr 6, 2020 | Acupuncture, Bodywork, Fertility, Pregnancy
I’ve been hearing so many stories from both patients and other practitioner in the birth world about how stressful it is to be nearing the end of pregnancy during the COVID-19 outbreak. Under normal circumstances acupuncture can play a game changing role in...
by Alicia Masiulis | Mar 16, 2020 | Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Nutrition
I am happy to announce that I will continue to offer telephone consultations during the shelter in place period and beyond. In addition to acupuncture I offer functional nutrition and herbal medicine consultations. If you need any supplement or herbal refills or have...
by Alicia Masiulis | Jan 29, 2020 | Acupuncture, Bodywork, Pregnancy
For most people acupuncture will probably not send you into labor with one treatment the minute you think you are ‘ready’ to have your baby. If this does happen it is likely that your body was getting ready for labor on its own and acupuncture helped to move things...
by Alicia Masiulis | May 8, 2019 | Acupuncture, Fertility
Mother’s Day can be a difficult time for those of us that are not yet mothers but want to be. 1 in 8 couples will have difficult conceiving. 15-25% of women have lost babies to miscarriage. Here is some advice for how to handle Mother’s Day: You are not...
by Alicia Masiulis | Sep 1, 2018 | Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Postpartum, Pregnancy
I recently had the chance to tour the Pumpspotting Breast Express that came to Blossom Birth on tour. Pumpspotting is a community based app whose mission is to give breast feeding women a platform to find support for breast feeding and pumping. Not every woman is able...