Naturopathic medicine can be a gentle, but effective, way to help prepare body and mind for conception, support a happy and healthy pregnancy, and aid in your postpartum recovery. Pregnancy and motherhood can be a major transition, and I am here to help you through it. Subsequent pregnancies can vary widely from those before it. Through safe and gentle dietary, lifestyle, acupuncture and herbal supports, I can support you in feeling your best, so you can take on motherhood in a more balanced way.
These include:
Fatigue
Nutritional deficiencies
Nausea and Vomiting
Preconception wellness
Fertility support
Aches and pains of pregnancy
Post-partum recovery
Anxiety and low mood
Milk supply issues
Sleep disturbances
Deciding to have a baby can be an extremely exciting and intimidating time. Naturopathic medicine can help you to optimize absorption, diet and lifestyle to help you achieve pregnancy, and set in place best habits to help you through the changes of pregnancy. If hormonal imbalances exist prior to family planning, we can work to improve or resolve those so conception happens more easily.
Postpartum can be a wild ride, physically and emotionally. Your body is now providing totally new functions from pregnancy, new demands, plus healing tissues. Knowing how pregnancy was, what challenges may have existed then, will help to optimize your postpartum experience through individualized dietary support. Herbal medicine and lifestyle counselling can be used to support healing tissues, including perineal tearing, stretch marks and clogged ducts.
FAQs
If symptoms suggest there may be a missing piece, more testing may be worthwhile to rule out other conditions.
Yes. There can be many reasons why one is not achieving pregnancy right away. First we will need to figure out what is getting in the way of fertility, and then help you move through it.
Yes! Using points specific to enhancing conception, or supporting a pregnant body, acupuncture can be a safe and relaxing method to dealing with nausea, sleep disturbances, pain and mood.
