The Integrated Programs

Fertility Part II
The Royal College of Physicians
15/16/17th July 2007

Jane Lytlleton is coming!
The author of ‘Treatment for Infertility with Chinese Medicine’
Jane Lyttleton is coming from Australia to bring us this comprehensive seminar based on her book and interspersed with illustrative clinical case histories.

Her subjects will include:

• specialising in infertility
• understanding the menstrual cycle
• IVF and TCM
• information you need in the case history, including western medical investigations
• diagnosis and treatment schedules for female infertility
• miscarriage prevention
• the affect of lifestyle and diet on fertility
• PCOS and endometriosis
• (Research: acupuncture and ART)

In addition we have the Naturopathic Nutritionist Sharyn Singer who will present seminars on:

- Foods for Fertility
- The Energetics of Food: The relevance of the Chinese diagnosis for a constitutional diet
- Understanding the importance of balancing blood sugar (GI) in treatment for fertility

Sharyn is a Director at the London School of Naturopathic Medicine, and is a nutritionist of 20 years experience who specialises in nutrition for fertility.

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our previous seminar/conferences:

Fertility Part I
The Royal College of Physicians
December 7/8/9th 2006

Day1) Thursday Dec 7th 2006

Opening addresses:

Mr. Michael Dooley FRCOG – Patron
Mike O’Farrell – CEO of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC)
Zita West – Midwife, Acupuncturist and Fertility Specialist
Jani White – Organisers Welcome

Keynote Lecture:

Giovanni Maciocia
• The Eight Extraordinary Vessels and their importance in the treatment of fertility

with
Dr. Stephen Gascoigne
• The energetic impact of ART drugs

Day 2) Friday Dec 8th 2006

Dr. Paul Magarelli –
• The biology of reproduction, a review, with an emphasis on the endocrine of normal conception

Mr. Michael Dooley
• Assisted Reproductive Technology: deciphering the acronyms
• ART drug protocols: understanding the endocrine treatment reasoning
• Fertility tests and how to read them

Diane Cridennda
• Research: acupuncture and ART, outcomes and issues

Day 3) Saturday Dec 9th 2006

Peter Deadman
• Treating male sub-fertility,
with a review of the channels of the genitalia

Marian Fixler
• Manaka’s ion pumping cords and the Eight Extraordinary Vessels

Jani White
• Fertility Awareness and the Knots of Not getting pregnant
• The German Protocol for Transfer

Stephan Chmelik
• BBT and Chinese Diagnosis

Naava Carmen
• Treatment for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS)

Jill Glover
• Treatment throughout an ART cycle

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Obstetrics
The Royal College of Physicians
October 14/15/16th 2006

Supported by the Royal College of Midwives

Day 1) Saturday Oct 14th 2006

Opening addresses:
Mr. Donald Gibb FRCOG Patron
Ron Bishop Chairman of The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC)
Jani White – Organisers Welcome

Terri Coates, Midwife Lecturer
• The Midwife’s role
• Understanding maternal adaptation and response to pregnancy:
o circulatory adaptations
o changes in the respiratory system
o musculoskeletal changes
o gastrointestinal changes
o renal changes
o skin changes
o changes in the vagina
• What is normal, what is pathology? Red Flags and when to refer:
o morning sickness
o bleeding in pregnancy
o urinary symptoms
o constipation and piles
o varicies
o back pain
o abdominal pain
o symphyis pubis disorder (SPD)


Ethel Burns, Midwife Lecturer
• Care during the first stage of Labour
• Midwifery practice: woman-centred vs biomedical
• The medicalisation of birth
• Intrapartum physiology
• The midwife’s role: facilitating a positive maternal adaptation to the stress of labour. Birth environment/atmosphere/care culture
• Assessing progress
• Food and fluids
• Pain relief: risk vs benefit analysis
• Presentation of research: An evaluative study of the use of aromatherapy in intrapartum midwifery practice
• Second stage of labour
• Third stage of labour
• Skin to skin

Day 2 & 3) Sunday 15th and Monday 16th October 2006

The Acupuncture program taught by Sarah Budd and Debra Betts

Sarah Budd:

• Background and History of the Maternity acupuncture Service, Plymouth
• Considerations in the treatment room: what is different about treating pregnant women with acupuncture, safety issues.
• Conditions in pregnancy:
o nausea, sickness and hyperemesis
o heartburn
o constipation
o varicose veins, vulval varicies and haemerroids
o musculo-skeletal conditions including backache and pelvic pain
o carpal tunnel syndrome
o anxiety and depression
o itching including cholestasis
o breech presentation
o induction of labour
o analgesia in labour
o retained placenta
• Presentation of relevant research papers

Debra Betts:

• Pre birth preparation
• Acupressure in labour for:
o induction, pain relief, problems in labour, post natal
• conditions in pregnancy:
o forbidden points
o miscarriage
o fatigue
o anaemia
o vaginal discharge
o IUGR
o IUD
o UTI
o Pregnancy induced hypertension
o Postnatal conditions including breastfeeding
• Presentation of her own research and
• Using research in medical journals