1:1 Postpartum Nutrition Counseling
What is postpartum nutrition counseling?
Postpartum nutrition counseling is counseling specifically tailored towards the unique needs of women at each stage of postpartum. Postpartum nutrition counseling can provide postpartum mothers with guidance on what to eat, awareness about conditions that predispose them to greater nutritional risk, knowledge about helpful tests to request from their health provider, and support while breastfeeding, returning to work, and more during the postpartum period.
Why is postpartum nutrition important?
The time after a woman has a baby is arguably the most nutritionally intensive period of a woman’s life.
Focusing on postpartum nutrition can help women recover faster and better from pregnancy and childbirth, replenish nutrients lost in pregnancy, childbirth, or lactation, avoid or mitigate conditions, such as postpartum thyroiditis, anemia, and depression, provide more nourishing breastmilk to their babies, and prepare for a healthy, subsequent pregnancy.
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12-Month
Package
The 12-month, postpartum package includes nutritional guidance, support, and more towards the end of your pregnancy and through the first year postpartum to help you recover, replenish, and heal after pregnancy and childbirth. The package includes:
One initial consultation
One pre-screening consultation
Two, pre-natal sessions
#1: Preparing for Postpartum
#2: Preparing for Breastfeeding
Up to nine postpartum sessions
About half occur in the early postpartum months, and the other half occur in the mid- to late postpartum months
Sessions occur at significant intervals in the postpartum time
E-mail support between sessions
6-Month
Package
The 6-month, postpartum package includes nutritional guidance, support, and more towards the end of your pregnancy and through your first 6 months postpartum to help you recover, replenish, and heal after pregnancy and childbirth. The package includes:
One initial consultation
One pre-screening consultation
Two, pre-natal sessions
#1: Preparing for Postpartum
#2: Preparing for Breastfeeding
Up to seven postpartum sessions
Sessions occur at significant intervals in the postpartum time
Additional sessions can be purchased at an add-on rate
E-mail support between sessions
6-Session
Package
The 6-Session Package is a flexible alternative for pregnant or postpartum moms that want to get started on their nutrition journey right away, and aren’t at the right stage of their pregnancy or postpartum for the 6- or 12-Month Package. The package includes 6-sessions and additional sessions can be added. At a minimum, the 6-Session Package will include:
One initial consultation
One pre-screening session
5 prenatal/postpartum sessions
E-mail follow-up after sessions
About Claudia
Claudia provides nutrition counseling to mothers in their last trimester of pregnancy and the first year postpartum. Claudia provides nutritional advice as well as general support to mothers as they prepare for the postpartum period and navigate the first year after giving birth. Claudia is well-versed on the common issues surrounding the postpartum time and helps mothers advocate to their health providers for nutritional testing and more to help mothers achieve full recovery and optimal health after pregnancy and childbirth. Claudia is about to begin training to be a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) because she wants to offer a higher level of support to mothers who choose to breastfeed their babies, in addition to her nutritional expertise.
Claudia lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and two beautiful daughters, and enjoys training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, spending time outdoors, and cooking. Learn more about Claudia here.