Acupuncture: For Conception, Pregnancy & Postpartum

Kenna Bouvet is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Co-owner of Earth + Sky Massage and Acupuncture in Long Island City, NY. Kenna joins us to share with us about the integrative work acupuncture can offer from conception to birth for a birthing individual. She explains how nutrition, what you wear, mindset, movement, and energy can affect pregnancy. She encourages patients that she works with to be on board with a comprehensive plan, not just one that involves needles. Kenna touches on the latest evidence that analyzes how her work can be effective for breech babies to turn in the womb. Acupuncture is not just for one type of population, she says. Kenna has worked in pediatric oncology and has seen first-hand how effective it can be to optimize the way someone feels and functions.Kenna received her Masters of Science from Tri-State College of Acupuncture, having trained in three distinct styles of acupuncture: Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Acupuncture Physical Medicine (trigger point needling). She has done postgraduate studies in Maternal Health Acupuncture, Oncology and Supportive Care for Cancer Patients, and Advanced Facial Acupuncture. Kenna most recently completed the first official certification program in pediatric acupuncture in the US from Jing Shen Pediatrics.  She has apprenticed in Tui Na (Chinese medical massage) and completed an internship in acupressure at NYU Langone Labor and Delivery. Her private practice focuses on women’s health, perinatal care, and pediatrics. Kenna is also an acupuncturist and integrative clinician in the Pediatric Oncology Department at Columbia University Irving Medical CenterConnect with her:www.earthskylic.comIG: @earthskylic