One woman's experience using acupuncture to help cope with the demands pregnancy puts on your body:

Almost immediately after the treatments began I began to notice physical changes. The heartburn from which I had been suffering disappeared and the water retention in my legs lessened. At 38 weeks, Dr Wang gave me some herbs, to be taken twice a day with a pint of water. These were to act as a detox. By then, the only side-effect of my pregnancy was bad skin."