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“That’s my baby…that’s supposed to be my baby…” 

I’ll never forget the words I heard, through tears, the first time I truly supported someone through a pregnancy loss. It was my cousin on the phone, and I’d been at her house just a few hours before. She had been bleeding, and although an ultrasound showed a baby with a healthy heartbeat, she suspected she was miscarrying. She did everything “right”, everything she was supposed to. I met her at her house where she was drinking tea and resting in bed. We talked. We wondered what would happen, how things would shift and change, and what outcome her pregnancy would have. We were consumed by the unknown. I gave her Reiki. We sprayed flower essences and hoped for a long, healthy pregnancy. But when my phone rang that night, I knew her suspicions were right and that she was losing the baby. I can still hear her words clear as day, “It’s happening,” she said. As I processed my own shock and sadness for someone I love so deeply, there was a brief period where I’m pretty sure I just muttered sounds and no actual words, and finally I replied, “I’m here, I’m here with you.” 

The moments that followed were life changing for both of us. Her very next pregnancy, though riddled with anxiety and fear, was a long and healthy one, and she now has the sweetest, most adorable son. I supported her along the entire journey, including an eventful home birth that showed us all how powerful a woman’s intuition is and how essential it is to have a support system in place. 

My experience supporting my cousin wasn’t the first time I worked with women who were trying to conceive or who experienced pregnancy loss. It wasn’t the first time I was present and holding space for a death. But it was the time that solidified my calling to work with people like you.

Hi, I’m Stephanie, and I help women get pregnant after experiencing miscarriage or stillbirth.

It’s no secret that stress impacts your body, and I have first hand experience with it. I have a long history with anxiety around my own health. My mom was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease (Multiple Sclerosis) when I was just seven years old, and I’ve watched her health progressively decline ever since. I wasn’t obsessed with health and wellness growing up, but after I saw my dad through a terminal cancer diagnosis in my twenties, I dove head first into many rabbit holes trying to control my health. I started examining my body with all of these really cool functional nutrition tests. Food sensitivity testing, microbiome/gut health testing, micronutrient testing, genetics…You name it, I tested it. It only got worse as I got closer to wanting to conceive. All of that testing led to some really amazing improvements in my health. And it also led to more anxiety.

By the time my husband and I were ready to try and get pregnant, I knew I had the MTHFR gene mutation and I suspected that I had a thyroid problem, but it wasn’t “bad enough” for a formal diagnosis – though I continued to seek one. Given my knowledge and experience in the field, I knew I had a higher risk of miscarriage. I wanted to keep testing, changing my diet, supplementing, etc. I wanted to optimize my health and fertility before I tried to get pregnant. I also desperately wanted to get pregnant, but I felt like I couldn’t try until my health was in just the right place. Finally, my doctor asked me a really important question. “Do you want perfect health or do you want to have a baby?” That question hit me hard. I knew the importance of improving my health, but what I hadn’t realized before was how being so “gung ho” about it was simultaneously diminishing my health. 

All of a sudden I became aware that my own fears were the biggest thing holding me back from my lifelong dream of becoming a mother. 

I sat with that realization for a while, and it was hard to let go of control (or the illusion of control, anyway). I didn’t have all of the tools that I have in my toolbox now, and I was scared as hell, but I decided that I wasn’t going to let my fears win. And I remember…month after month, the devastation when I got my period. When I did finally get pregnant, I was simultaneously over the moon with excitement and absolutely terrified. I had anxiety for the entirety of both of my pregnancies. I constantly worried that I would lose the pregnancy or have a stillbirth. I knew the risks, and I knew I had to take them. 

The reality of what my pregnancies looked like is what I imagine your next pregnancy will look like too. You’ll be in the messy middle. One part of you analyzing everything, assessing the risk of each bite of food that you take (or don’t take!) and each activity that you do (or don’t do!). Another part of you leaning in and trusting the process. One part of you holding your breath at each ultrasound. Another part  of you getting the nursery ready and picking out names.

I researched doctors like crazy and fought hard to have my thyroid checked immediately after finding out I was pregnant (good thing, because I did indeed have subclinical hypothyroidism and needed meds during pregnancy). And I spent weekends relaxing and getting certified in Reiki. It wasn’t easy. We can’t just wish away our anxious parts and have them disappear. They serve a role, and if we can see and appreciate that, it makes it easier for those anxious parts to step back and allow other parts to shine.

I know that navigating what you’re going through can feel so overwhelming.

You don’t have to struggle anymore. What I’ve created is a holistic approach that helps you address each factor that’s contributing to the stress and second-guessing around your fertility.

I want to support you fully, not just give you a meal plan or tell you “the one thing” (that may or may not work) that will help you get pregnant and have a healthy baby.

Taking my approach doesn’t mean you won’t face challenges, it just means that when the challenges come your way, you’ll know how to navigate them with clarity, confidence, and a sense of calm that you may not have felt before.

Fun Facts About Me

• My first job as a teen was at Babies R’ Us – Even as a kid, I was enthralled with helping people grow their family.

• My bookshelf is literally overloaded with books, and I’ve read approximately 0 of them in full.

• I stopped coloring my hair and let my gray come in long before it was in style.

• I’m a born and bred New Englander and will probably never move – I love the change of seasons and get bored with the weather by the time each season ends.

• I’m part of the Panini Generation, “pressed” between caring for my young kids and managing care for my disabled mom at the same time. It’s not easy, but when I say I understand the realities of life, I mean it!

Who am I to help you?

I’m a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with over 15 years of experience and advanced training and education in women’s health and inflammatory and autoimmune conditions.

I hold many other certifications, including:

• Reiki Master Teacher (Gladys Ellen & Kerri DiBiase)
• Quantum Human Design™ Certified Transformational Coach (Dr. Karen Curry Parker)
• Quantum Alignment Practitioner (Dr. Karen Curry Parker)

I also have additional training in:

• Astro-Herbalism (Sajah Popham/School of Evolutionary Herbalism)
• Medical Astrology (Kira Sutherland & Judith Hill)
  

I am in the process of becoming a certified mind-body fertility support specialist (Bebo Mia), bereavement doula (StillBirthDay), and women’s health herbal educator (Dr. Aviva Romm).

As a healthcare professional, energy worker, chart reader, and coach, I can uniquely combine grounded, evidence-based strategies for nutrition and fertility with complementary supports to help you release anxiety and shame, and work through your grief and healing process.