I'm a naturopathic doctor, functional medicine practitioner, fertility expert, and certified girl mom.
I use the functional medicine model to optimize fertility - whether you're trying to conceive for the very first time, or have been trying for years and need answers.
Combining cutting-edge science with treasured traditional wisdom, I apply a systems-biology approach to discover the root cause of fertility struggles, restoring resilient health from the ground up. Let your history unravel the mystery and unlock your fertility potential!
It all started with a positive pregnancy test in 2014.
We decided to start our family when I was in my second year of medical school. I had a nutrition degree and thought of myself as pretty health-savvy. But when it came time to track my cycle, confirm that I was ovulating, and set myself up for a healthy pregnancy, I was clueless. I did what anyone else would do...I Googled it. I signed up for every TTC forum out there. I stumbled my way through and figured it out, but I knew there had to be a better way.
My journey into motherhood was transformational. At that point I knew one thing for sure: I wanted this experience for anyone else who desired to be a parent. I dedicated the remainder of my clinical training to learning all I could about fertility - seeking out training from naturopathic fertility experts, rotating through three different fertility clinics with my city's most sought after reproductive endocrinologists, and navigating my own second pregnancy.
I've learned from talking to hundreds of women that trouble getting pregnant accesses a place in our nervous system that nothing else does. It's a unique kind of fear, grief, and frustration that is truly unlike any other experience. Often time when patients come to me for preconception planning, they say, "I am so scared I won't be able to have children. I've never told anyone that, but it's one reason I haven't tried yet." The secrecy that we use to shroud conversations about fertility perpetuates this fear and uncertainty for so many.
My commitment to you as a practitioner is to remain curious, to nourish the therapeutic partnership through active listening, and to remind you that you are not a diagnosis code - you are a whole person deserving of a beautiful and healthy life.
