Can we prepare a woman’s body for birth? Can we ripen her cervix so that it’s softer, easier to dilate and gentler for a baby to move through? Can we help turn a breech baby or help it descend into the pelvis? Can we have an effect on serum LH and FSH? Can we ease her tension, make her whole birth easier, shorter and safer? Can we reduce the pain? Practitioners of Traditional Chinese medicine in obstetrics believe so and there is research giving us some promising results. Acupuncture is...