Our wonderful WOMB Naturopathic Doctors all have a special interest in family planning, fertility, pregnancy, post-partum care, and pediatrics. They will guide and empower you to take control of your own health. Appointments have a strong focus on patient education and working towards a preventative approach to health. Naturopathic Doctors treat using herbs, supplements, dietary and lifestyle guidance, homeopathy, acupuncture, and vitamin injections. They can see all members of the family and provide integrative primary care including well-child checks.
Fertility Services
Our Naturopathic team helps our patients establish optimal health prior to conception. For those using assisted reproductive technologies, naturopathic care may help to improve rates of a healthy, full-term pregnancy by balancing hormones, creating an optimal environment for pregnancy, and improving male factor fertility. We educate our patients how to properly track and understand their fertility signs. Each patient receives a customized plan to address their barriers to healthy conception including stress management, detoxification, dietary modifications and herbal and supplemental therapies to help balance hormones and improve fertility.
Pregnancy Care
Naturopathic medicine helps women to nourish a healthy pregnancy and baby. We use a customized and tailored approach to each stage of your pregnancy to make sure your specific needs are met. Our Naturopathic Doctors treat using diet and lifestyle guidance as well as herbs, supplements, and vitamin injections. They are also trained in acupuncture, which can assist throughout your pregnancy with many common concerns.
Naturopathic Care can help with the following during pregnancy:
• Diet and lifestyle guidance
• Nausea
• Leg cramps
• Heartburn
• Fatigue
• Gestational diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Constipation
• Hemorrhoids
In addition, our team can prepare you for birth by helping with optimal baby positioning, bringing on labour without induction when you and your baby are ready, and assisting in reducing the rate of medical interventions including forceps, vacuum, or Cesarean birth.
Postpartum Care
In the postpartum period, Naturopathic medicine is a powerful tool to speed recovery from Cesarean or vaginal birth and help new families thrive. Naturopathy can assist with increasing energy levels, improving milk supply, building up nutrient stores to recover from postpartum depletion, and reduce post-partum depression and anxiety. It can also help with the following common postpartum concerns:
• Clogged ducts / Mastitis
• Healthy weight loss
• Sleep
• Energy levels
• Anxiety and depression
• Postpartum depletion
• Perineal / scar healing
• Pain
Pediatric Services
Naturopathy can assist families to get started on the right foot by taking a preventative, wellness-based approach to your child’s care. Our team performs growth, development, and well-child check-ups with a focus on education and pediatric milestones. Our Naturopathic Doctors are experienced and able to support you in topics regarding food introduction, building the infant immune system, and common childhood concerns including gas and colic, digestive upset, ear infections, eczema, teething, autism, ADHD, and more.
Family Services
At The WOMB, our Naturopathic Doctors practice family care, which means you do not need to be pregnant or newly postpartum to come in. We are able to work with adults of all ages, including infants, children, and adolescents. The sky is the limit on what a Naturopathic Doctor can help with, but our focus is always on educating and empowering each patient to take a proactive approach to health. Some common conditions treated are as follows:
• Allergies / food sensitivities
• Digestive health including constipation, SIBO, Candida, IBS and gut dysbiosis
• Cardiovascular health including managing cholesterol and blood pressure
• Stress and fatigue
• Mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, and OCD
• Thyroid health (hypo / hyperthyroid)
• Hormonal regulation such as irregular periods or heavy periods, PCOS, and menopause
• Autoimmune conditions
• Pain/inflammation
• Asthma
• Sleep concerns
• Diabetes
• Yeast infections
Pediatric Well- Baby and Well- Child Visits
Have you ever wondered about a Well-Baby or Well-Child Visit?
Our Naturopathic Doctors offer Well-Baby or Well-Child visits as a complement or alternative to regular medical care. Prior to the visit, you will complete a full online intake form which your Naturopathic Doctor will go over with you in the session. She will ask questions about birth and pregnancy history, family history, feeding, diet, digestion, sleep, temperament, milestones and more! The visit also consists of a full assessment of your baby or child including: measuring weight, height, and head circumference, listening to their lungs and heart, looking at their abdomen, hips, reflexes, and skin. There will lots of time to answer any questions and discuss a treatment plan to optimize you child’s health or address any concerns. Our Naturopathic Doctors also provide you with anticipatory guidance of what to expect in the next few months of your baby’s life! Visits range from 30 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the families needs.
- Annual Checkup
- General Wellness
- Skin Concerns
- Head to Toe Assessment
- Digestive Concerns
- Constipation
- Reflux/Spitting Up
- Food Sensitivities
- Introducing Solids
- Building & Supporting Immune System
- Ear Infections
- Blood Work & Testing
Our Naturopathic Doctors
Dr. Aida Martinez
Naturopathic Doctor
After completing a Bachelor of Science from the University of Manitoba, Dr. Aida's love and fascination with natural methods of supporting...
Dr. Nicole Tillie
Naturopathic Doctor
Dr. Nicole’s goal is to make your health simple and uncomplicated. She is a firm believer in treating the patient as a whole...Frequently Asked Questions About Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic Doctors (NDs) play an active role in providing primary care for the whole family. Our NDs have an additional focus supporting families through fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and childhood. They can help uncover the root cause of many common concerns including:
- Digestive Health (constipation, heartburn, indigestion, bloating, IBS and more)
- Pregnancy Care (optimizing nutrition and lifestyle, nausea, leg cramps, heartburn, fatigue, hyperemesis gravidarum, gestational diabetes, group B strep prevention, high blood pressure, preeclampsia, hemorrhoids, choosing supplements and more)
- Pain management, anxiety, fertility issues, fatigue, gestational diabetes, common childhood conditions, among many, many more.
Naturopathy can help with a number of different underlying conditions and often helps get to the root of a problem. Some examples of these conditions include obesity, stress, toxicity, low sperm count or egg quality, endometriosis, hypothyroidism, ovarian cysts, and much more.
Improving fertility through Naturopathy involves analyzing underlying factors, and determining the best way of moving forward. Our focus is largely on factors such as weight management, dietary habits, hormone balance, stress management and egg/sperm quality. Acupuncture can also be very successful in improving fertility.
Absolutely! Naturopathy offers many integrative fertility options as you undergo IVF. Some of the goals of Naturopathy include improving egg quality, inflammation management, and improving maternal nutrition. In addition, various herbal therapies, supplements and acupuncture have been researched to enhance the IVF process by addressing the root concern in your fertility and supporting the environment for embryo transfer.
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Complementary Services
At The WOMB Vaughan, we have an entire integrative health team that can work collaboratively to provide the best possible combination of care to you and your family. Here are a few services that work well in conjunction with Naturopathic Medicine. Please contact us anytime to help you put together the best team for your needs!
Acupuncture
Chiropractic Care
