Women’s Health
Women’s Wellness
Hormonal Imbalances (and associated conditions)
- Mood disorders - PMS and PMDD
- Irregular cycles, painful periods, heavy periods, cyclical migraines
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Hypothalamic amenorrhea
- Endometriosis
- Adenomyosis
- Fibroids
- Ovarian cysts
- Menopause
Other:
- Cervicle abnormalities
- Support coming off the pill
- Natural, non-invasive contraception
Fertility Support
Preconception Care, Infertility & Miscarriage Prevention
This involves at least 3 months of consciously preparing for conception.
What is the importance of preconception care? It is the greatest gift we can give our children; a healthy start to life. It also supports your evolving body through pregnancy and postpartum.
- Treating fertility problems either known or unknown, in both men and women
- Assists in prevention of preterm birth, miscarriage, still birth and congenital defects
- Prevents pregnancy sickness and aid a straight forward birthing experience
- Prevents post-natal depression and post-natal depletion
What does it involve? Through nutrition, lifestyle and practitioner grade herbs and supplements:
Optimising the menstrual cycle/fertility
- Comprehensive case taking of client health history
- Labs and functional testing as required
- Optimising the menstrual cycle/fertility
- Optimising egg and sperm quality
- Timing techniques to increase fertilisation chances and ensure fresh healthy sperm and ova
- Education of toxins/pollutants that are known to affect fertility
- Treatment of health conditions that impact fertility
- Detoxification if needed
- Treatment of infections if needed
- Preconception care is not only for those who are experiencing infertility
IVF & IUI Support
There is evidence that IVF & IUI support with nutrition results in more live births than IVF & IUI alone. It also improves the health of mother through pregnancy and the health of the baby.
Male Fertility
Often Men are ignored in the fertility equation, even though male factor infertility accounts for at least 50% of infertility and miscarriages.What we do to address male factor infertility:
- Semen analysis, looking at sperm count, motility, morphology, DNA fragmentation and more
- Goal is to optimise sperm quality
- Further assessments and treatment plan will depend on health of the sperm
- Treatment plan will include nutrition, lifestyle and dietary advice to address abnormal semen analysis results and improve sperm quality
Prenatal & Postnatal Support
The body is going through major changes and have huge demands during these times.
Ways that you can be supported during pregnancy and postpartum:
- dietary and supplement recommendations for healthy development of baby
- optimising health of mother during pregnancy
- pregnancy safe stress and immunity support
- preparing the body for birth and recovery
- prevention of postnatal depression
- dietary and supplement recommendations for postpartum to optimise health of new mother
- boosting breast-milk supply