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Preconception, Pregnancy,
& Postpartum Nutrition
Designed to optimize brain development
Preconception
Program
Prepare your body and mind for the marathon journey to build your baby!
12 one-on-one virtual sessions to learn:
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Is your body ready to conceive?
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Understanding your menstrual cycle and how to track if it is healthy
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How to nourish the development of your healthiest egg, sperm, and uterine lining to give your baby the best possible foundation.
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What prenatal is best for you
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Why iron levels before conception matter
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How blood tests and nutrient analysis can improve your baby's health
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Using nutritional support if you are undergoing IVF or IUI.
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How to replace everyday household and personal care products with less harmful ones that will enhance your fertility
Pregnancy Support Program
Regular virtual one-on-one sessions packed with incredible information:
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Anatomical and physiological changes in pregnancy
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Changing nutrient needs in each trimester
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Nutrition to support implantation and progesterone levels
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Understanding your placenta and how to support its growth
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How to support a healthy blood supply and oxygen delivery to the baby
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Nutrition for neurodevelopment
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Managing symptoms like nausea, heartburn, swelling, and sleep issues.
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Nutritional blood sugar management
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Learning how to be an educated patient and ask essential questions.
Postpartum
Program
Postpartum recovery preparation begins in the third trimester with meal preparation, understanding how to fuel for childbirth, and for tissue recovery.
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Nutrition to support wound healing and breastmilk production.
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Identification and treatment of postpartum nutrient deficiencies.
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How your diet can continue nourishing your baby's neurodevelopment.
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How to assess a good formula if you need to supplement or can't breastfeed
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Should you change your prenatal or stop taking it?
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Are you anemic?
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Is your diet causing your baby's colic and gas pain?
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Regular sessions to support changing needs through the postpartum journey to return to baseline, as well as prepare for another pregnancy.
Are you planning to start trying in the next 6-12 months?
The decision to conceive is a life-altering event.
A nutritionist plays a crucial role in family planning by assessing your nutritional and lifestyle readiness for this long journey.
Let’s work together to get you and your partner fueled
and ready to give your baby the best health.
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ABOUT THE FOUNDER
After almost 20 years working in assessment and tutoring of ADHD and learning disabilities, Denise wanted to focus on prevention.
Her experience using nutrition to support cognitive function in children and adults informed her decision to research the optimal period to prevent the learning disabilities.
Nest Nutrition is the product of years of experience, research into understanding embryonic and fetal neurodevelopment, and how sufficient nutrient availability in critical windows of neurodevelopment build the brain.
Denise Klein
M.S. Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, CNS
Why Work with Nest Nutrition?
1. We are focused on nourishing baby’s brain and neurodevelopment
The period from preconception through the first two years of life is critical for brain growth and neural pathway formation. During this window, the brain exhibits remarkable plasticity—allowing experience and proper nutrition to shape neural architecture, myelination, and cognitive function.
By providing targeted nutrients and holistic support during this sensitive period, we help establish a robust foundation for lifelong learning, memory, and emotional regulation.
2. Root Cause Approach to Reproductive Nutritional Therapy
Are you ready to get pregnant?
What’s your baseline?
We’ll assess:
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Food intake
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Supplements
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Menstrual cycle
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Symptoms
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Physical activity
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Stress
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Sleep
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Social connection
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Chemical exposures
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So much more…
Because your journey to motherhood deserves a plan as unique as you are.
3. Sessions that teach you to understand your body and make informed decisions
We support your medical care by spending extensive time teaching you what to expect in each trimester of pregnancy, what anatomical and physiological changes are happening and why, and how nutrition can support you and the baby in that phase.
Our goal is to help you feel informed and prepared for your visits with your doctor, and to give you the information you need to make informed decisions throughout your pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and breastfeeding.
What Our Clients Say
I started working with Denise shortly after finding out I was pregnant and am so grateful for her wisdom and guidance. Most notably, she offered recommendations on key bloodwork for early pregnancy, identifying certain deficiencies before any doctor could! She has continued to guide me through my first pregnancy, and I know this whole experience would be much more daunting without her support.
Eileen B.
Denise is a wealth of knowledge and a professional who truly cares about her clients. She has guided me through my preconception journey with the upmost kindness and support. After having twins two years ago, I felt like a stranger in my body, not knowing where to begin with my health as I am preparing for my next pregnancy. Together we made a step by step plan that has given me so much insight to what my body needs and how I can support myself. I can’t thank Denise enough for warm and empathetic disposition, she is the support you need during this process.
Carley W.
Denise was essential to helping me feel my best, both physically and mentally, throughout pregnancy and postpartum. She recommended additional labs, interpreted my results with greater care than my doctors, adjusted what I was eating based on them, was a compassionate listener, and so much more. I couldn't recommend her enough and am looking forward to working with her for future pregnancies!
Sydney C.
