Pregnancy and Delivery Care, Curated by Dr. Melissa
Functional medicine can provide personalized support throughout pregnancy by helping you navigate nutrition, lifestyle, labs, supplements, and the many health considerations that arise during pregnancy and beyond. Working with a provider who walks alongside you throughout this process can help you feel informed, confident, and supported at every stage. Acupuncture can be a valuable complement to prenatal care by supporting relaxation, circulation, comfort, and overall well-being, while chiropractic care can help address musculoskeletal changes and promote mobility and comfort as your body adapts to pregnancy. Together, these approaches offer a comprehensive, whole-person approach to supporting you and your baby throughout pregnancy and into postpartum.
Includes
-1 hour Deep Dive Visit on all things Pregnancy, Labor Prep and Postpartum
-35 page document curated by Dr. Melissa herself
-1 Acupuncture session with the option to then begin routine care
How Can FM and Acupuncture Help During My Pregnancy?
Pregnancy is a time of incredible physiological change, and our functional medicine approach looks beyond simply “getting through” to help support the health and well-being of both mom and baby. Through a deeper look at nutrition, blood sugar balance, digestion, nutrient status, inflammation, stress, sleep, and lifestyle, we can provide personalized guidance based on what your body needs during each trimester. This may include practical support for common concerns such as nausea, fatigue, constipation, bloating, headaches, sleep changes, and maintaining adequate nutrition as your baby grows. Acupuncture can complement your prenatal care by providing gentle, individualized support throughout pregnancy and may be used to help with symptoms such as nausea, headaches, stress, sleep concerns, and musculoskeletal discomfort.
Purchase The Bundle and Book Your Appointment
If you’re expecting and want to feel informed, prepared, and supported throughout your pregnancy, this bundle is for you.
This comprehensive pregnancy support experience includes a one-hour personalized visit with Dr. Melissa covering all things pregnancy—from important bloodwork and glucose testing to nutrition, helpful book recommendations, labor and delivery preparation, and practical tips for navigating each stage of pregnancy.
You’ll also receive one acupuncture session designed to help you feel calm, grounded, and centered during this exciting—and sometimes overwhelming—time.
Whether this is your first pregnancy or you’re looking for a more intentional approach this time around, this bundle is designed to help you feel educated, empowered, and supported from pregnancy through delivery.
What does the Pregnancy Document Contain?
As an added resource, you’ll receive a comprehensive pregnancy guide curated by Dr. Melissa herself, filled with her favorite tips, recommendations, resources, and practical “things I wish every expecting mom knew” insights.
The Pregnancy PDF is a 35 page guide for you to refer to throughout your pregnancy. It contains information from the first 40 days, nutrition, labor and delivery options, pain management, holistic options, recommendations to other books, and even a hospital bag checklist.
Dr. Melissa also has information on her favorite products, practitioners in the Cleveland area, her own techniques you can practice at home for pregnancy and delivery mobility, and so much more.
Total Cost for This Bundle:
$440
Postpartum Bundle
If you are newly postpartum, and feel like you need extra support during this transition, this bundle is for you. Your body goes through so many changes during pregnancy and birth, and postpartum is an important time to focus on nourishing and supporting yourself, too.
This bundle provides the option for tailored blood testing to support your physical and mental needs postpartum, alongside support that is based upon your symptoms and lab findings.
Dr. Melissa is here for you, especially as you navigate the physical and emotional changes that come with becoming a new mom. She is here to help you feel supported, nourished, and confident in your postpartum journey.
Who is this for?
6 Weeks Postpartum or Beyond
Support your body's healing
Postpartum Fatigue
Identify areas to boost your energy and improve sleep
Nutrient Replenishment
Replenish key nutrients to support recovery and long-term health.
Stress
This is KEY to support and manage
Breastfeeding and Milk Supply
Support your nutritional needs while breastfeeding and ensure you're getting the nutrients both you and your baby need
Hormone Changes
Mood swings, night sweats, hair loss, and emotional ups and downs
Long-Term Wellness
Postpartum recovery doesn't end after six weeks. Build healthy habits to support your health
How will you feel after?
Physical Recovery
Whether the root cause is from hormones, gut, toxins, stress, lifestyle-we are going to solve it together.
Mental Health
Nutrition, lifestyle modifications and targeted supplementation can support mental health.
Supporting Nutrients
Nutrient testing may be something we explore, and can often be a cause of ailments postpartum.
Reduced Stress
This is KEY for postpartum-we will dive into your stressors and solve them together.
Balanced Hormones
We aim to balance your hormones to optimize your postpartum hormones.
Normalized Menstrual Cycle
The changes we make have this exact goal in mind.
Toxin Reduction
We may explore toxin testing and reduce your toxic load to support postpartum.
Decreased Inflammation
Overall inflammation throughout the body will decrease to support fertility.
How does it work?
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Start with Purchasing The Postpartum Bundle
Fill out your new patient intake and then we meet for 1 hour to review your paperwork, dive into your health and your goals, and create a plan. You are sent for applicable testing via our online testing company. Testing will include in depth bloodwork. The DUTCH hormone analysis or cortisol testing can be added for an additional fee and appointments. Then we set up visit two follow up visits reviewing labs and making changes - this is when we begin your care.
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How does treatment work?
Receive tailored supplementation, nutritional changes, lifestyle, changes, exercise changes, and ongoing messaging with Dr. Melissa throughout the process. The plan can include dietary changes, exercise changes,daily supplements and overall lifestyle changes. Supplements are a vital part of treatment, all supplements are through our online dispensary, Fullscript.
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How long is the process?
Functional Medicine changes take between 3-9 months on average, but in the postpartum process, even small changes can happen quickly.
Also see our FAQ page for other frequently asked questions regarding the process.
Postpartum Care
What is included?
3 total visits:
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1 One Hour Deep Dive into your health where we set the framework and order tests
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2 Follow Up Visits - AFTER the New Patient Visit. These visits are set based on test results that come in, timing of protocols and changes being made, but your first follow up visit is always within 3 weeks of your New Patient Visit.
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Topics covered: Hormone Education, Nutritional Support, Inflammatory Status, Menstrual Cycle Lifestyle Education, Exercise, Toxin Reduction, Stress Management, Hormone/Testing Analysis with Personalized Supplement Plan
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Bloodwork is not included, but can be run through your insurance or our non-insurance option. Many patients prefer the non-insurance option due to testing complexity. Bloodwork would consist of day inflammatory markers, nutrients, hormones, thyroid, blood sugar, immune function and more as needed. If additional tests are needed, these are additional costs to the patient and discussed together.
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Unlimited messaging to Dr. Melissa
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Custom protocols sent after each visit via Practice Better platform, including the above topics and in depth lab analysis pertaining to your care. Timed supplement protocols, dietary changes and lifestyle measures all taken into account and tailored to YOU!
$645.00
Once bundle is completed, patient can then book additional follow up visits if necessary our purchase another bundle offered, as to be discussed with Dr. Melissa.
What if I need hormone, cortisol or gut testing, or other tests? No problem! We order additional tests as needed at additional cost, and add on visits if necessary after the package is completed.