I love working in women’s health, and I especially love working with pregnant women -  there is no group more motivated to eat well and live a healthy lifestyle. I work with women in all stages of their reproductive life (pre-conception, fertility care, pregnancy, post-partum and menopause), and most of my patients have found that naturopathic pregnancy care is a wonderful complement to their other prenatal care (midwife/GP/OB/Doula).

Sometimes pregnant mothers come to us because they are not feeling well, but often they are existing patients who are simply extending their naturopathic care.  Either way, naturopathic medicine has a lot to offer. The following are common areas we address during naturopathic prenatal visits:

• Nutrition: Nutritional adequacy, deficiency prevention, food aversions/cravings,  special considerations during pregnancy (ie. Iron, folic acid)
• Symptom Management: Nausea, fatigue, heartburn, muscle cramps, etc.
• Labour preparation: discussion of birth plan, breastfeeding preparation, pain management, etc.
• Post-Partum care: Breastfeeding support, post-partum depression, wellness, labour recovery, etc.

Usually, we will see a mother once per trimester, and approximately 6 weeks post-partum.  Occasionally, we need to schedule more frequent visits, but that is case dependant.

If you are interested in naturopathic pregnancy care, you may be interested in our ‘Healthy Pregnancy Package’. And, as always, please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.