specialty naturopathic medicine

natural fertility

Dr. Dana provides naturopathic services for fertility & hormonal health concerns, including:

  • Preconception preparation

  • Egg & sperm quality and premature ovarian insufficiency

  • PCOS, Endometriosis, Irregular menses

  • Recurrent pregnancy loss and miscarriage

  • Unexplained infertility

  • IUI & IVF success support

In addition to nutrition and lifestyle assessment, she will utilize a combination of both conventional labs along with functional labs to better understand what areas of your’s and your partner’s health are needing to be healed. Dr. Dana loves working with folks who are just starting to think about having a baby equally as much as those who have been struggling to conceive for years. While natural fertility treatments work well for some, others will need or want assisted reproductive technology services (IUI, IVF etc.) that fertility clinics provide. Dr. Dana appropriately refers to and communicates comfortably with reproductive endocrinologists/fertility clinics to increase the likelihood of achieving a healthy pregnancy and ultimately a healthy baby with as little intervention as possible.

hormone balance

Not trying to have a baby? No problem! Dr. Dana’s in depth knowledge of hormones goes beyond fertility. With over a decade of experience in primary care, Dr. Dana takes a wide angle view of her patients’ hormonal health concerns. So often people are told that their “labs look good and nothing is wrong with them” even though they know something isn’t right. Not only does this experience leave someone feeling dismissed but their underlying problem is also not understood or addressed which allows the “dis-ease” process to march forward. Dr. Dana will hear and honor your concerns, she will look at lab results with an understanding of optimal ranges and trends that may be predictive for a future health issue. When there are not sufficient answers with standard labs, Dr. Dana will utilize functional lab assessments such as food sensitivities, environmental toxins and gut microbiome which will help Dr. Dana to further understand what needs to be healed. Some examples of common conditions that Dr. Dana treats include:

  • Hypothyroidism

  • Adrenal fatigue

  • Hormonal headaches/migraines

  • Heavy or painful periods

  • PMS/PMDD

  • Endometriosis

  • Acne

mental health

Have you ever felt your mood is dependent on where you are at in your menstrual cycle? Or has your mood been significantly impacted by major hormonal shifts from either birth control, pregnancy, post-partum, breast feeding or perimenopause? Mental health and hormonal health are interconnected! Dr. Dana sees tremendous value in conventional treatments for depression and anxiety and has advised many of her patients over the past 10 years to consider conventional treatments. However, she also recognizes the limitations of only conventional treatments to mental illness. Dr. Dana’s assessment of mental health incorporates evaluation of hormonal health, nutrition, inflammation, allergies/histamine and gut health. Through a combination clinical assessment, conventional and functional labs she develops a comprehensive understanding what body systems need to be better supported in order to achieve optimal mental health.