Pregnancy Nutritionist and Dietitian For Prenatal and Postnatal Nutrition Support

A pregnancy nutritionist and dietitian can help expectant mothers with their prenatal nutrition needs in numerous ways. These include:

• Have a dietitian who specializes in pregnancy nutrition provide general healthy eating advice.
• Receive nutritional support of a registered dietitian while preparing for pregnancy.
• Have nutritional counselling sessions conducted by a dietitian and nutritionist for fertility.
• Guidance around foods to prioritize during pregnancy, as well as those to limit and/or avoid.
• Ensuring adequate macronutrient and micronutrient intake to promote a healthy pregnancy (i.e. healthy weight gain in mother, fetal development, etc.).
• Help manage side effects of pregnancy (e.g., morning sickness, food aversions gastric reflux).
• Prepare a wholesome, balanced prenatal eating plan.
• Dietitian for PCOS management prior to conception (weight management, insulin resistance, et al.).
• Lay out guidelines specifically for healthy weight management by working with a weight loss dietitian.
• Assist with the management of gestational diabetes.
• Digestive health during pregnancy: managing various gastrointestinal conditions (i.e. Irritable Bowel Syndrome management) during pregnancy, while ensuring adequate intake.
• Work with a dietitian for vegetarian diet planning, as well as gluten-free or  plant-based nutritionist) during pregnancy.
• Promote adequate intake and/or weight gain in mothers who have decreased appetite as a result of symptoms such as nausea, vomiting (i.e. morning sickness).
• In addition to working with a pregnancy dietitian, work with a dietitian for anti-inflammation diet.
• Suggest healthier food substitutions for your favourite ‘challenging’ foods.
• Help address other women’s health and nutrition concerns.
• Manage other co-existing health and dietary conditions.
• In addition to working with a pregnancy nutritionist, you can work with a pediatric nutritionist or a dietitian for infants and toddlers.
• And more.

At JM Nutrition we also offer the services of a postnatal or postpartum nutritionist and dietitian, in addition to pregnancy dietitian. Our practitioners can help provide postnatal support in the following ways:

• Assist with the replenishment of nutrient stores postpartum.
• Help with weight management (i.e. weight loss) while maintaining breast milk supply.
• Support for lactation with a dietitian: ensuring adequate intake to promote breast milk supply.
• Support for mothers following dairy-free diet (for babies with CMPA).
• Work with a registered dietitian for depression.
• Guidance of a postnatal dietitian as you adopt a postpartum diet plan.
• And more.