With my first pregnancy, I felt so lost when it came to nutrition. I had gestational diabetes, and I felt completely alone and dismissed through it all. My appointments were 5 minutes max, and I usually left with a handout and no plan. My birth was traumatic and included an induction that really wasn’t necessary, and the postpartum that followed was so hard in ways nobody warned me about.

The second time, I did it differently. I worked with a midwife, leaned on my nutrition training, and made nourishing myself a priority. I did get gestational diabetes again, but I knew so much more and felt so much more supported. I had my dream birth that I had hoped for at a birth center, and a very different postpartum experience. A big part of that, I believe, was finally feeding my own body properly.

That's when it clicked for me: so many women are told "everything looks fine" or "it's just part of being a mom," and almost nobody asks what your body actually needs.

Why I do this work

I support women through the whole perinatal journey: trying to conceive, pregnancy (including gestational diabetes), and postpartum and beyond. The stage changes, but the approach doesn't. We look for the root cause, not just the symptom, and build a plan around your real life.

The women I work with have usually been told everything looks fine, or it will get better eventually, and they still don't feel right. Some are trying to conceive without answers. Some are doing everything right with GD and their numbers still won't cooperate. Some are back at work and running on empty.

You don't need another list of things to do. You need someone to look closely and take the guesswork off your plate.

Credentials

Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant, Natural Nutrition Clinical Practitioner, and Perinatal Nutrition Expert. I see clients through The Holistic Fertility Group, and I'm a mom of two based in Edmonton, Alberta