Pregnancy & Postpartum

Pregnancy and Postpartum Dietitian Nutritionist in the St. Louis Area, Missouri, and Illinois

Get Medical Nutrition Therapy and Individualized Diet Plans for Prenatal Support and Postpartum Healing in Illinois and Missouri

One-on-one, virtual, and in-person dietary guidance with an expert nutritionist.
Customized nutrition coaching for pregnancy, fertility, and postnatal stages.
Nutrition support and evidence-based advice
Meal plans and supplement protocols are designed for your nutritional needs during pregnancy, fertility, breastfeeding, and postpartum.
Postnatal dietary support for healing, breastfeeding, and managing baby blues and depression.
Anti-inflammatory diet plans to manage PCOS.
Personalized meal plans from a gestational diabetes nutritionist.
Supportive, engaging nutrition coaching throughout your maternity journey.

What is a pregnancy nutritionist?

A dietitian that works with pregnant or lactating moms helps foster a positive relationship for mom and baby around food and body ensuring energy needs are being met throughout this special time.

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Should I see a nutritionist while pregnant?

If you are struggling with nourishing your body appropriately while pregnant and/or postpartum, a dietitian specializing in pregnancy can assist in making you feel confident in the way you are nourishing your body and your sweet growing baby’s body as well.

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What does a dietitian do in pregnancy?

When someone gets pregnant, the experts emerge! Everyone has advice – even that well-meaning stranger behind you in the grocery store. There are literally millions of articles on pregnancy, not to mention your great-great aunt’s folk remedies for everything. We do not recommend you get your pregnancy advice from Google, Tik-Tok, Instagram, your great great aunt, or that stranger in the grocery store.

A prenatal dietitian on our team will provide you with online or in-person nutrition therapy, in one of our St. Louis area offices. We provide evidence-based nutrition support to help ensure you and your developing baby get the nutrients and care you need. (Close that browser!)

Here are the key roles a dietitian plays during a woman’s pregnancy:

Nutritional Assessment: We evaluate the mother’s dietary habits, nutritional status, and any specific needs or deficiencies.
Customized Meal Plans: We can help develop tailored meal plans to ensure adequate intake of essential nutrients like folic acid, iron, calcium, protein, and omega-3 fatty acids.
Managing Morning Sickness: Uff. Pregnancy can be rough, and getting nutrients while dealing with morning sickness is a challenge. We can suggest dietary strategies to alleviate nausea and vomiting, such as eating small, frequent meals and identifying foods that are easier to tolerate.
Addressing Food Aversions and Cravings: Our bodies can crave (or reject) the strangest things during pregnancy. We can provide pregnant women with healthy alternatives and solutions to manage common food aversions and cravings during pregnancy.
Special Dietary Needs: We will advise women with dietary modifications with specific conditions such as gestational diabetes, hypertension, or anemia.
Hydration Guidance: Adequate hydration during pregnancy is key to both mom and her developing baby’s well being. We can help mothers-to-be stay hydrated with strategies to meet daily water needs.
Supplement Recommendations: We provide all pregnant women with recommendations appropriate prenatal vitamins and supplements to fill any nutritional gaps.
Education on Food Safety: We will help educate expecting parents about food safety practices to avoid foodborne illnesses, which are particularly risky during pregnancy.
Postpartum Nutrition: Pregnancy, technically, extends into those first few months postpartum. A postnatal nutritionist on our team will provide support for postpartum nutrition, focusing on recovery, breastfeeding support, and managing any postpartum conditions such as baby blues or depression.
Ongoing Support and Monitoring: A prenatal dietitian on our team will provide all patients with continuous support and monitoring throughout the pregnancy, making adjustments to the diet as needed to accommodate changing nutritional requirements.

A dietitian can help monitor intake, ensure proper nutrient intake, work around diet modifications if there are complications such as gestational diabetes or anemia, so the mom can feel confident in feeding not only herself but her baby, too.

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What is the nutritional support for postpartum?

The first 12 weeks after giving birth is called “the fourth trimester”. Oftentimes women have one, maybe two, follow-up appointments with their ObGyn’s after labor, if that. This is a critical time in a woman’s health, and with the new baby, new moms often neglect their health and well-being.

Our postpartum dietitian support can help ensure new mom’s ongoing, individualized care to improve healing, support post-pregnancy nursing goals, offer lactation consultations, as well as help new moms reach those nutrition-related goals once the baby has arrived.

You’re exhausted. We can provide you with meal-planning and snack strategies — quick, easy recipes and tips to ensure you’re getting the nutrients you need (without spending too much time).

You’re overwhelmed. We don’t expect you to lug yourself and new baby to our offices. We provide online, telehealth nutrition therapy so you can contact us from the comfort of your home.

You’re sleep deprived. We can help moms improve their nutrition status, provide tips for a postpartum diet to improve energy.

You’re healing: Implement dietary strategies to support healing post-partum.

Postpartum nutrition therapy can help you manage those baby blues. We always recommend you reach out to your ObGyn or primary care physician if you’re experiencing longer bouts of depression.

Postpartum is a time for healing, and new moms need extra care. Make an appointment with a dietitian on our team and start feeling better today.

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How much does prenatal nutrition counseling cost?

We accept most major insurance companies and the majority of our clients pay little to nothing outside of copays or deductibles to meet with a member of our team. We also offer military discounts as we are not in network with Tricare. We always recommend checking your insurance benefits regarding nutrition coverage as coverage depends on the patient’s individual insurance plan.

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