All ACT Brighton & Sussex practitioners are members of The British Acupuncture Council, or Association of Acupuncture Clinicians ; for more information about acupuncture in general, please visit www.acupuncture.org.uk.
For information and support with breastfeeding, please see www.brightonbreastfeeding.co.uk.
To help mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the mother, visit La Leche League West Sussex Group. www.laleche.org.uk.
For information about doula support during your labour, visit sussexdoulas.
For information about ante-natal classes in your area, visit NHS Antenatal.
For Independent Midwives in the Sussex area, visit:
Debra Betts, a New Zealand acupuncturist and author of ‘The Essential Guide to Acupuncture in Pregnancy & Childbirth’ has a very helpful website www.acupuncture.rhizome.net.nz. There is a lot of great information for parents to be on pregnancy and childbirth and a very useful video (and illustrations) of acupressure points that can be used in labour.
ACT Brighton & Sussex is linked to other ACT groups around the UK.
- ACT London (www.ACTLondon.net)
- ACT Oxford (www.actoxford.co.uk)
- ACT Berks (www.actberks.org.uk)
The 2 websites below give optimal positioning advice either for women with fetal malpresentation and advice to help maintain an anterior position: www.spinningbabies.com.
ACUPRESSURE FOR NATURAL PAIN RELIEF IN LABOUR – TABLET AND PHONE APP, DVD or UDEMY
