While I was concerned about my ability to become pregnant, the timing for my husband and I to begin a family was not ideal. So, I began to do some research of my own on how to naturally manage and treat my endometriosis diagnosis. I was not interested in taking prescription medication to mask the symptoms and put a band aid on the deep underlying issue – hormonal imbalance and digestive concerns.

By 2015 I had a better understanding of endometriosis and I was able to keep my symptoms at bay with simple diet and lifestyle adjustments. I was taking much better care of myself, but I still was dealing with some digestive issues that I later identified as candida overgrowth and leaky gut.

In 2016 I conceived with our first child. We were over the moon! I was still having issues with my digestion during the pregnancy but I continued to eat well, maintained my yoga practice and kept my stress down. Sadly, in August of 2016 we found out that our son had passed away at around 22 weeks. The loss of our baby was devastating. This was the fist grandchild on my side of the family, and our first child.

We grieved (and continue to grieve) and felt terrified to try again for another child for another two years. During this time I made some really significant shifts in my life. I removed highly inflammatory foods from my diet, I cleansed my body, did two panchakarma (an Ayurvedic cleansing protocol to address my imbalance) over the two years. My spirit had been damaged, but not broken and my body was feeling more nourished than it had in a long time.

By 2018 I felt like I was ready to try again. We conceived right away and in June 2019 I birthed our son naturally, with no interventions. The natural birth was exhilarating and I was incredibly proud of myself. I felt so connected to the many mothers who had done this years beyond years before me. Natural birth is very exhilarating! I had such an enjoyable birthing experience, it created a fire in me to want to share Corinne’s birthing preparation program with anyone who would like to learn!

I also have been deeply motivated by my shifts with my own health that when I began healing myself, it created this desire to help others heal too. My craving to learn more drove me to want to study functional nutrition and become a counselor and to eventually  focus my practice on  women’s health. More specifically – the realm of fertility and preconception, pregnancy, birthing, and postpartum.

True health is knowing how to treat one’s own unique blueprint with specific focus on individuality. This includes nurturing ourselves from the inside out,  caring for the mind/body connection and, doing just as much work “in” as work ”out” to stimulate and balance the endocrine and reproductive system. Caring for the digestive system daily and creating harmony in the body before growing a baby inside of you is deep work, hard work, but necessary work. Something that I am so grateful to be able to provide to my clients. I use a combination of yoga, pranayama, and meditation, functional nutrition and basic Ayurvedic lifestyle practices to bring the mind/body into your own unique state of balance – to have a blissful pregnancy and postpartum experience.

From preconception, through pregnancy and postpartum, let me be your guide to the healthiest version of you!

In Health,

Belle