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Heather's Patients Say:
"Thanks to Heather I am now 32 weeks pregnant and we are so excitedly awaiting the birth of our first child. We cannot thank Heather enough for her support through the whole pregnancy. I am sure that with all the preparation that we have done with Heather, our Baby will arrive safely and content with the world."
-Mark & Kirsten
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"The quality of our lives has much improved and we are actually enjoying life and each other a lot more – not just glimpsing that possibility from time to time. Thanks Heather!!!! How can we thank you enough?" -Ann
"In the quiet moments of early morning I now breastfeed our baby girl and reflect on how thankful I am for Heather Bruce" - Gayleen
For us Heather and her treatment was a real Godsend! We can’t thank her enough!"
- Michelle
One of the many great things about Heather’s approach is that she is able to amalgamate her knowledge of many different medical systems, and is able to respond to whatever is happening using a combined approach.
She is also happy to use her treatments in parallel with IVF, so you gain from both sides."
- Sandra
In the quiet moments of early morning I now breastfeed our baby girl and reflect on how thankful I am for Heather Bruce, because previously, for the past 2 years, I had woken to my period every 28 or 29 days. A rush of sadness, frustration and disappointment would linger for a few days, and then I would start looking forward to day 14 (approximately) and hope that maybe this month I would conceive.
Though I’d heard of secondary infertility I wasn’t convinced that was the problem. My doctor run some tests, all came back normal, she concluded with “you just need to forget about getting pregnant, and then it will happen”. At 39 and after trying for 2 years I was not about to accept her advice, in fact I was furious.
At that peak of frustration I discovered Heather. I recall being quite distressed during that first appointment; feelings of great sadness as I remembered the disappointment I had felt over Peter’s (our 4 year old) hospital birth with intervention (I had always wanted a water birth) and the postnatal depression which followed. On leaving Heather’s clinic that day a feeling of joy and relief met me and I felt with certainty that given a few months of healing we would have another child.
Closely following Heather’s instructions on supplements and Chinese herbs and with several more acupuncture treatments, I conceived just 2 months later.
My focus was now on the growing baby and preparing for a homebirth. After 9 months of regular acupuncture treatments, herbs, and vitamins and supplements it was finally time to fill the birth pool. During the 39th week of pregnancy 2 critical things happened. First, Heather and my husband successfully moved the baby into the optimal birthing position (my husband following Heather’s DVD and her book “What Dads Can Do”). Second, my husband and I saw a video of a water birth at home and understood how ‘easy’ natural child birth should be.
With our 2 midwives attending, my husband ‘caught’ our daughter in the birthing pool under the lights of our Christmas tree.
- Gayleen
"When I was referred to Heather we had been trying to conceive and maintain a full term pregnancy (so that we could have a second child) for 18 months. In those 18 months, I had 2 miscarriages and saw a long list of people who thought they would be able to help me. The final person was a gynecologist who prescribed the fertility drug- clomid to reduce my cycle length of 50+ days. I fell pregnant the first cycle but miscarried at 9 weeks.
At my first appointment with Heather I was about 10 kgs overweight, lethargic, emotional, painful periods, had recurring thrush every cycle during my fertile phase and had a cycle length of about 45 days. Heather treated me for hormone imbalances relating to issues with my thyroid not working properly.
After about three months of treatment, and following everything Heather said relating to change of eating habits, nutritional supplements etc I was back to my ideal weight, had lots of energy, was able to keep up with and actually enjoy my three year old and was pregnant naturally!
I will be 9 weeks pregnant tomorrow, so not quite past the ‘scary’ part but I have felt much better this time round than all 4 other pregnancies (3 miscarriages) I have been through.
For us Heather and her treatment was a real Godsend! We can’t thank her enough!"
- Michelle
THANKS TO HEATHER BRUCE FROM THE BOON FAMILY
I first went to see Heather Bruce with nothing specific or urgent, just an instinct that I needed some help and that our health and general wellbeing could be better. We had persistent niggles like ;
Ann (mum) ; aching joints, itchy red eyes, low libido, low energy, short fuse, general tiredness
Ella (almost 5); prone to moodiness, fussy eater, whingey
Nina (almost 2) ; unexplained ‘absent’ phases (medical testing including mri, eeg, blood sugar, pulse, urine showed up nothing), clingy and shy
Mum (Ann) has been breastfeeding for nearly 5 years and is still tandem feeding. Good birth experiences – drug free births – the first in hospital, the second at home.
The first thing Heather said was ‘zinc’ – ‘I think you all need zinc’ and she put us onto the zinc drink – 1/2 ml twice a day for Ann and 2 drops in water twice a day for the girls.
I saw Heather on Tuesday and by Friday that week I could see a noticeable change in Ella’s behaviour – she was much happier and more positive - giggly instead of whingey – she bounced into our room in the morning instead of coming in grumpy and when I dropped her at kindy that Friday morning, instead of clinging to me and begging me to stay, she gave me a kiss and said ‘goodbye Mummy – have a great day’!!
What a relief!!
Heather also put me onto magnesium, chinese herbs and Vitamin B – and within 24 hours all my aches were gone – chronic aches that I thought were the beginning of arthritis. I also felt much calmer and had stopped snapping at the kids.
That Friday, Nina had an appointment with Heather who also gave me chinese herbs for her, and suggested both girls should take an oral multivitamin. She suggested that Ella would start being more adventurous with her eating as a result of the multivitamin. She said that Nina had internal heat and that the herbs and multi would work for her as well.
Nina is also a different child now – she has so much more vitality and confidence and is far less clingy. She’s sleeping better, engaging with other people and has suddenly taken a leap with her physical ability and speech.
I’ve also noticed I have a lot more milk. And another interesting thing is that Ella isn’t nearly so interested in the breastfeeding now – instead of seeming to be trying to get some nutrition that she was missing from it. She only wants to have ‘mama’ at bedtime and not even to help her fall asleep.
My husband Cameron also went to see Heather about de-stressing and losing weight and after the first visit, he was soooooooooooooo much more relaxed. He had acupuncture and Heather put him on magnesium, zinc and chinese herbs. Wow what a difference. After the second visit with Heather, he’s glowing and so lighthearted and relaxed – much more like that beautiful man I married rather than the stressed tired one who had been around lately. The change is profound and it is affecting our whole family in the most positive ways.
I would recommend anyone who is breastfeeding and has young children to look into taking zinc and magnesium. Anyone at all for that matter. The quality of our lives has much improved and we are actually enjoying life and each other a lot more – not just glimpsing that possibility from time to time. Thanks Heather!!!! How can we thank you enough?
- Ann
"I had one miscarriage when I was 40 and another at 43, both at about the 8/9 week mark.
At 43 it was suggested by my GP that I try IVF. I was considered quite old to be starting at that point.
We tried 2 cycles which were unsuccessful, and it was very disheartening as my age was against me.
A family member suggested that we try acupuncture and Chinese herbs.
I rang the college of natural medicine in Brisbane and was given the name Heather Bruce.
I rang Heather who said the sooner she saw me the better - I went the next day.
Heather’s approach is quite innovative and unique (as I had tried acupuncture before). As well as acupuncture, she suggested certain vitamins and Chinese herbs (fortunately not the “boil up” kind) to balance my system. My partner also had herbs and acupuncture as well.
It was a very holistic approach – tuned to my specific need. I had suffered migraines/tension headaches for 25 years, and these improved and eventually stopped.
After seeing her for 6 months, sometimes twice a week, I became pregnant at 45. Heather was very supportive, suggesting progesterone cream from my doctor, as well as continuing acupuncture and herbs throughout the pregnancy. I felt very healthy and did not suffer morning sickness, or any complications such as high blood pressure, gestational diabetes or pre eclampsia I sailed through amniocentesis at 14 weeks, having had acupuncture before and after the procedure to ensure fetal stability.
Unfortunately half way through the pregnancy we were transferred interstate – so I could no longer see Heather regularly.
We had a very healthy baby, who is now almost 3 years old. She is very placid, who always slept well, which I attribute to all the acupuncture and healthy preparation.
One of the many great things about Heather’s approach is that she is able to amalgamate her knowledge of many different medical systems, and is able to respond to whatever is happening using a combined approach.
She is also happy to use her treatments in parallel with IVF, so you gain from both sides."
- Sandra
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