Fertility, Pregnancy and Children’s Nutrition

Nutrition can play an important role in supporting hormonal health, reproductive health and fertility for both women and men.

Whether you’re preparing to start a family, experiencing changes in your cycle or simply wanting to better support your hormones through nutrition, we can look at your current eating habits, lifestyle and nutritional intake to identify areas that may need additional support.

The focus is on building strong nutritional foundations, ensuring key nutrients are being met and making simple, realistic changes that support your overall health and wellbeing.

I help you focus on:

• Supporting ovulation and cycle regularity

• Improving egg and sperm quality

• Reducing inflammation and supporting hormone balance

• Key nutrients including folate, zinc, iron and antioxidants

• Folate in particular is essential for DNA synthesis, egg health and early foetal development, even before pregnancy is confirmed.

Pregnancy and the postnatal period place additional nutritional demands on your body. Knowing what to eat to support both yourself and your baby can sometimes feel overwhelming.

Nutrition support can help you meet your changing nutrient needs, support energy levels and your baby’s healthy growth and development, while providing practical strategies for concerns such as nausea, fatigue, constipation and reflux.

Following birth, good nutrition continues to be important for recovery, replenishing nutrient stores, energy and breastfeeding.

I support women through:

• Managing nausea, cravings and food aversions

• Meeting increased nutrient needs

• Supporting energy, recovery and postpartum health

• Breastfeeding and formula-feeding guidance

• Breast milk provides immune protection and optimal nutrition for infants, while also supporting maternal recovery—though every feeding journey is different and deserves support.

From introducing first foods to fussy eating, lunchboxes and constantly changing appetites, feeding children can bring plenty of questions.

Nutrition support can help you feel more confident that your child is receiving the energy and nutrients they need for growth, development, learning and overall wellbeing.

Depending on your child’s age and needs, we may look at introducing solids, food variety, balanced meals and snacks, fussy or selective eating, possible nutritional gaps, allergies or intolerances and practical ways to make nourishing your family easier.

I help families with:

• Introducing solids and ensuring iron-rich first foods

• Managing allergies, intolerances and eczema triggers

• Fussy eating and mealtime stress

• Balanced, family-friendly meals

• Introducing solids around 6 months with a focus on iron-rich foods supports growth, brain development and long-term health outcomes

The teenage years bring rapid growth, hormonal changes, changing appetites and increased nutritional requirements, (all while teenagers are also beginning to make more of their own food choices)!

Nutrition can help support healthy growth and development, energy, concentration, sports performance and recovery, menstrual health and overall wellbeing.

Support may also be helpful for teenagers who skip meals, have a limited diet, experience low energy, are concerned about their body or weight, or may not be meeting their nutritional needs.

The focus is on helping teens understand how to nourish their growing body and develop a positive, sustainable relationship with food, rather than restrictive dieting.

Support includes:

• Iron and nutrient support (especially for teen girls)

• Hormonal health and cycle support

• Nutrition for sport, recovery and energy

• Building independence with healthy food choices

• Nutrients such as calcium, vitamin D, iron and protein are critical for bone health, energy and development during adolescence