I am a registered dietitian nutritionist trained in functional medicine. I’m also a wife, dog mom, and boy mom of two.

As a fertility dietitian, I help women and couples get pregnant by optimizing their fertility naturally through nutrition, targeted supplements, and lifestyle changes. Nutrition and lifestyle changes are fundamental whether you plan to conceive naturally or improve your chances of success with assisted reproductive technology like IUI or IVF.

My story began like a fairytale: Girl meets boy. Their love leads to marriage. They decide to enjoy married life for a while but become a family unit by getting a dog. They decide to start a family and conceive easily on their first attempt. It’s looking like a dream come true. Suddenly, it all turned into a nightmare: we miscarried at seven weeks, and I developed chronic gut issues that conventional doctors couldn’t explain. It was obvious to me that my gut problems were negatively affecting my health and fertility.

Using my nutrition background, I dug deeper into the research. The journey to healing and having a baby was long. Taking care of my health and fertility and dealing with grief was emotionally draining. It wasn’t until I learned about functional medicine and how to identify and fix my root causes that things began to shift for me. It was then that I decided to prioritize my mental health, focus on the things I could control like my nutrition & lifestyle, and regain faith in my body’s ability to conceive and carry to term.

Fortunately, I was able to find my happy ending as all good fairytales do… It is such a blessing to have had my son two years ago and to have tools to help me prepare my body for this current pregnancy and to help others grow their families. Not sure what the outcome of your story will be, but I want you to know that you’re not alone on this journey.