Postpartum Nutrition Nutritionists and Dietitians in Fuquay Varina, NC
Through practical strategies and supportive counseling, I help pregnancy and postpartum clients build sustainable habits, manage symptoms, and feel confident nourishing themselves and their families.
I believe nutrition during motherhood should feel supportive, not stressful. My approach focuses on what we can add in — nourishing whole foods, balanced nutrients, and realistic strategies that fit your life. We work together to support energy, digestion, body image, and overall wellness so you can feel your best during pregnancy and beyond.
Through practical strategies and supportive counseling, I help pregnancy and postpartum clients build sustainable habits, manage symptoms, and feel confident nourishing themselves and their families.
I believe nutrition during motherhood should feel supportive, not stressful. My approach focuses on what we can add in — nourishing whole foods, balanced nutrients, and realistic strategies that fit your life. We work together to support energy, digestion, body image, and overall wellness so you can feel your best during pregnancy and beyond.
Ashley has been a practicing Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) for over ten years and a pilates teacher for nearly fifteen years. Her greatest passion and profound privilege is to witness the power of functional nutrition and movement in her client’s health.
Ashley has been a practicing Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) for over ten years and a pilates teacher for nearly fifteen years. Her greatest passion and profound privilege is to witness the power of functional nutrition and movement in her client’s health.
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I’m a registered dietitian specializing in eating disorders with a focus on athletes, pregnancy, and postpartum care.
I am experienced in perinatal nutrition, Diabetes management, Oncology and Eating Disorders / Disordered Eating. My emphasis is on mindful & intuitive eating, HAES (Health At Every Size), pregnancy and postpartum nutrition and body image work.
I’m a registered dietitian specializing in eating disorders with a focus on athletes, pregnancy, and postpartum care.
I am experienced in perinatal nutrition, Diabetes management, Oncology and Eating Disorders / Disordered Eating. My emphasis is on mindful & intuitive eating, HAES (Health At Every Size), pregnancy and postpartum nutrition and body image work.
I am passionate about helping patients who have diabetes, PCOS, autoimmune disease and celiac disease; and pregnancy and postpartum nutrition.
With a strong belief in the power of preventative medicine through whole foods nutrition, Nicole aims to empower patients to improve their overall health by working towards their specific health goals. When we feel our best, it has the capability to create a positive ripple effect into so many areas of our lives. She believes there is no one-size-fits all approach to nutrition, which is why patients receive tailored nutrition plans rooted in patient autonomy and sustainable changes over time.
I am passionate about helping patients who have diabetes, PCOS, autoimmune disease and celiac disease; and pregnancy and postpartum nutrition.
With a strong belief in the power of preventative medicine through whole foods nutrition, Nicole aims to empower patients to improve their overall health by working towards their specific health goals. When we feel our best, it has the capability to create a positive ripple effect into so many areas of our lives. She believes there is no one-size-fits all approach to nutrition, which is why patients receive tailored nutrition plans rooted in patient autonomy and sustainable changes over time.
The Dietitians / Nutritionists at Anne Till Consulting LLC, are passionate about helping their clients achieve their health and wellness goals. We provide a highly individualized educational process that will equip you to understand your body, medical condition, and how nutrition and lifestyle behaviors can impact your health. We create individualized meal plans for each of our clients. We provided ongoing education, monitoring and support as you take the journey to better health and achieve your goals. We will help you to make healthy eating easy and delicious, so that this process is enjoyable and readily becomes a way of life.
The Dietitians / Nutritionists at Anne Till Consulting LLC, are passionate about helping their clients achieve their health and wellness goals. We provide a highly individualized educational process that will equip you to understand your body, medical condition, and how nutrition and lifestyle behaviors can impact your health. We create individualized meal plans for each of our clients. We provided ongoing education, monitoring and support as you take the journey to better health and achieve your goals. We will help you to make healthy eating easy and delicious, so that this process is enjoyable and readily becomes a way of life.
I am a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Cultural Nutritionist who helps individuals and families improve their health while honoring their cultural foods and traditions. I provide compassionate, personalized nutrition counseling with a focus on food as medicine, chronic disease prevention and management, and building sustainable, realistic habits.
I specialize in working with clients from multicultural communities who may not feel fully seen or understood in traditional healthcare settings. My approach is supportive, non-judgmental, and tailored to your lifestyle, not restrictive diets.
I offer virtual services.
I am a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Cultural Nutritionist who helps individuals and families improve their health while honoring their cultural foods and traditions. I provide compassionate, personalized nutrition counseling with a focus on food as medicine, chronic disease prevention and management, and building sustainable, realistic habits.
I specialize in working with clients from multicultural communities who may not feel fully seen or understood in traditional healthcare settings. My approach is supportive, non-judgmental, and tailored to your lifestyle, not restrictive diets.
I offer virtual services.
At Loop Nutrition, our motto is “Change your life without changing it”. What we mean by that is we take your long-term wellness goals and break them down into small, impactful steps to get you there. We avoid uprooting your existing lifestyle; instead, we seamlessly integrate sustainable changes that become a natural part of your daily routine. Our approach is about fostering a positive relationship with food and creating lasting habits that lead to sustainable results.
At Loop Nutrition, our motto is “Change your life without changing it”. What we mean by that is we take your long-term wellness goals and break them down into small, impactful steps to get you there. We avoid uprooting your existing lifestyle; instead, we seamlessly integrate sustainable changes that become a natural part of your daily routine. Our approach is about fostering a positive relationship with food and creating lasting habits that lead to sustainable results.
Summerfield Custom Wellness is a nutrition counseling practice of Registered Dietitians, specializing in the intersection of integrative, clinical, and functional approaches that take all aspects of lifestyle into consideration. Our team of 20 passionate Registered Dietitians have different overlapping and complementary specialties. This means that we can help almost anyone who contacts us whether it is for weight loss, relationship with food, digestive discomfort, chronic disease management, food allergies, or other special diets. Currently accepting new patients for virtual appointments (zoom), only.
Summerfield Custom Wellness is a nutrition counseling practice of Registered Dietitians, specializing in the intersection of integrative, clinical, and functional approaches that take all aspects of lifestyle into consideration. Our team of 20 passionate Registered Dietitians have different overlapping and complementary specialties. This means that we can help almost anyone who contacts us whether it is for weight loss, relationship with food, digestive discomfort, chronic disease management, food allergies, or other special diets. Currently accepting new patients for virtual appointments (zoom), only.
I am a registered dietitian who specializes in nutrition therapy for the treatment of disordered eating and eating disorders. My clients often feel overwhelmed with confusing food messages and food rules, leaving them unsure what to eat.
I am a registered dietitian who specializes in nutrition therapy for the treatment of disordered eating and eating disorders. My clients often feel overwhelmed with confusing food messages and food rules, leaving them unsure what to eat.
Do you have a health challenge that you've struggled to overcome...even with medical help? Sometimes it seems like achieving great digestion, hormone balance, and high energy may be impossible to achieve...and that prospect can be daunting. As a Dietitian Nutritionist with additional expertise in Functional Medicine, I approach healthcare differently. I find and address root causes, provide individualized, realistic plans, and support you along your journey. The result is healthcare actually makes you healthier.
Do you have a health challenge that you've struggled to overcome...even with medical help? Sometimes it seems like achieving great digestion, hormone balance, and high energy may be impossible to achieve...and that prospect can be daunting. As a Dietitian Nutritionist with additional expertise in Functional Medicine, I approach healthcare differently. I find and address root causes, provide individualized, realistic plans, and support you along your journey. The result is healthcare actually makes you healthier.
We are a group of weight inclusive dietitians, Certified Eating Disorder Specialists, Intuitive Eating Counselors and trauma informed. Our passion is to help people who struggle with chronic dieting and eating disorders. We help develop a healthy REAL Intuitive relationship with food, by stopping the "food worrying" and labeling food as "good or bad" and becoming their own experts when it comes to listening to their bodies. Our approach is very unique and individualized. We work with children, adolescents, college students, adults and all genders, we also love working in areas of nutrition such as GI disorders and women health.
We are a group of weight inclusive dietitians, Certified Eating Disorder Specialists, Intuitive Eating Counselors and trauma informed. Our passion is to help people who struggle with chronic dieting and eating disorders. We help develop a healthy REAL Intuitive relationship with food, by stopping the "food worrying" and labeling food as "good or bad" and becoming their own experts when it comes to listening to their bodies. Our approach is very unique and individualized. We work with children, adolescents, college students, adults and all genders, we also love working in areas of nutrition such as GI disorders and women health.
At Avance Care Nutrition, our highest priority is your health and well-being. Partner with one of our dietitians and your healthcare team to meet your health and wellness goals. We can partner with you to: reach a healthier weight without deprivation with a personalized, flexible lifestyle and eating plan, improve your relationship with food and your body, learn to listen to your body’s cues for hunger and fullness, reduce your risk for developing chronic conditions like heart disease or manage chronic conditions, like diabetes and high blood pressure, with fewer medications.
At Avance Care Nutrition, our highest priority is your health and well-being. Partner with one of our dietitians and your healthcare team to meet your health and wellness goals. We can partner with you to: reach a healthier weight without deprivation with a personalized, flexible lifestyle and eating plan, improve your relationship with food and your body, learn to listen to your body’s cues for hunger and fullness, reduce your risk for developing chronic conditions like heart disease or manage chronic conditions, like diabetes and high blood pressure, with fewer medications.
Issues we can tackle together: eating disorders, gut health (IBS, SIBO, UC), yo-yo dieting, weight management, prenatal nutrition, postpartum nutrition, childhood nutrition, and/or preventative nutrition.
My main goal is to keep nutrition manageable, fun, and realistic. When we look at the whole picture that is you, including stress, sleep, and movement and we come up together with a plan. Be warned, thinking out side of the box is a specialty of mine (got to keep things interesting)!
Issues we can tackle together: eating disorders, gut health (IBS, SIBO, UC), yo-yo dieting, weight management, prenatal nutrition, postpartum nutrition, childhood nutrition, and/or preventative nutrition.
My main goal is to keep nutrition manageable, fun, and realistic. When we look at the whole picture that is you, including stress, sleep, and movement and we come up together with a plan. Be warned, thinking out side of the box is a specialty of mine (got to keep things interesting)!
Reverse Type 2 Diabetes-Lower your Cholesterol-Reduce Bodyfat-Fix Gut Issues. Less Reliance on Medications. I am a registered dietitian (RD), functional nutritionist and sports nutritionist. I will design a program that is realistic and fits your lifestyle. No pre-made or fad diets but a plan specifically designed for your best health and energy! Whether you want to improve your health and athletic performance or have specific health issues, I look at the root cause and not just managing the symptoms.
Reverse Type 2 Diabetes-Lower your Cholesterol-Reduce Bodyfat-Fix Gut Issues. Less Reliance on Medications. I am a registered dietitian (RD), functional nutritionist and sports nutritionist. I will design a program that is realistic and fits your lifestyle. No pre-made or fad diets but a plan specifically designed for your best health and energy! Whether you want to improve your health and athletic performance or have specific health issues, I look at the root cause and not just managing the symptoms.
I have a diverse background but my primary areas are Women's Health (PCOS, insulin resistance, infertility, fibroids, pregnancy/ postpartum, relationship w/ food), GLP-1 use, GI (IBS, SIBO, general gas, bloating, constipation/diarrhea), as well as Diabetes management (including pre-diabetes).
I am a well-rounded Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who has worked in a variety of capacities over the past 10 years. These include working in private practice, clinical inpatient & outpatient, bariatric, Diabetes management, Eating Disorder recovery, integrative and functional wellness, and sports nutrition. Having lived in TN, CA, NV, Alaska, CO, and now GA, I have worked with individuals in all walks of life. I love spending time with my family, running, and doing anything outdoors, though these days, eating well gives me the energy to keep up with my twin toddlers.
I have a diverse background but my primary areas are Women's Health (PCOS, insulin resistance, infertility, fibroids, pregnancy/ postpartum, relationship w/ food), GLP-1 use, GI (IBS, SIBO, general gas, bloating, constipation/diarrhea), as well as Diabetes management (including pre-diabetes).
I am a well-rounded Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who has worked in a variety of capacities over the past 10 years. These include working in private practice, clinical inpatient & outpatient, bariatric, Diabetes management, Eating Disorder recovery, integrative and functional wellness, and sports nutrition. Having lived in TN, CA, NV, Alaska, CO, and now GA, I have worked with individuals in all walks of life. I love spending time with my family, running, and doing anything outdoors, though these days, eating well gives me the energy to keep up with my twin toddlers.
Hi, I’m Renee — a passionate dietitian who believes that food is so much more than fuel. It’s connection, comfort, and one of the most powerful tools we have to support health and happiness.
My journey into nutrition began with a deep curiosity about how what we eat shapes how we feel — physically, mentally, and emotionally. Over the years, I’ve worked with people from all walks of life, helping them cut through confusion, rebuild a healthy relationship with food, and find joy in nourishing themselves without restriction or guilt.
Hi, I’m Renee — a passionate dietitian who believes that food is so much more than fuel. It’s connection, comfort, and one of the most powerful tools we have to support health and happiness.
My journey into nutrition began with a deep curiosity about how what we eat shapes how we feel — physically, mentally, and emotionally. Over the years, I’ve worked with people from all walks of life, helping them cut through confusion, rebuild a healthy relationship with food, and find joy in nourishing themselves without restriction or guilt.
I empower my patients to take control of their health and prevent or reverse lifestyle related conditions such as pre-diabetes, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and others. My focus is on sustainable lifestyle changes rather than diets or temporary solutions-- I help my patients find ways to make healthy improvements that work for them for the long term. I love food, so I always make sure my patients are also "eating happy" when they're eating healthy. I enjoy talking about cooking ideas, shopping tips, and ways to be creative in the kitchen.
I empower my patients to take control of their health and prevent or reverse lifestyle related conditions such as pre-diabetes, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and others. My focus is on sustainable lifestyle changes rather than diets or temporary solutions-- I help my patients find ways to make healthy improvements that work for them for the long term. I love food, so I always make sure my patients are also "eating happy" when they're eating healthy. I enjoy talking about cooking ideas, shopping tips, and ways to be creative in the kitchen.
I provide personalized nutrition guidance for clients with a wide variety of health conditions. I am the sole dietitian and owner of LG Nutrition. I dedicate a great deal of time with my clients upfront to understand their health goals and reasons for seeking nutrition counseling. If you are looking for a empathetic nutrition counselor who uses evidenced based nutrition guidelines, LG Nutrition is the place to begin your health journey.
I provide personalized nutrition guidance for clients with a wide variety of health conditions. I am the sole dietitian and owner of LG Nutrition. I dedicate a great deal of time with my clients upfront to understand their health goals and reasons for seeking nutrition counseling. If you are looking for a empathetic nutrition counselor who uses evidenced based nutrition guidelines, LG Nutrition is the place to begin your health journey.
As an integrative and functional dietitian nutritionist, I partner with you to determine specific nutrition solutions and support for ailments such as gastrointestinal disorders like IBS, chronic migraines, cancer, diabetes, obesity, autoimmune disorders, thyroid issues, cardiovascular challenges, ADD, PCOS and of course, food allergies, intolerances, and hypersensitivities.
As an integrative and functional dietitian nutritionist, I partner with you to determine specific nutrition solutions and support for ailments such as gastrointestinal disorders like IBS, chronic migraines, cancer, diabetes, obesity, autoimmune disorders, thyroid issues, cardiovascular challenges, ADD, PCOS and of course, food allergies, intolerances, and hypersensitivities.
I am a Registered Dietitian and current medical student with a deep passion for helping people feel better in their bodies physically and emotionally. I work with clients who feel overwhelmed by fatigue, hormone shifts, insulin resistance, bloating, inconsistent eating, or weight changes. Many are tired of extremes and just want clarity, structure, and support that actually fits their life. If you want to feel more in control of your health but need practical and compassionate guidance without pressure for perfection, I am here to help you create lasting and sustainable change.
I am a Registered Dietitian and current medical student with a deep passion for helping people feel better in their bodies physically and emotionally. I work with clients who feel overwhelmed by fatigue, hormone shifts, insulin resistance, bloating, inconsistent eating, or weight changes. Many are tired of extremes and just want clarity, structure, and support that actually fits their life. If you want to feel more in control of your health but need practical and compassionate guidance without pressure for perfection, I am here to help you create lasting and sustainable change.
Postpartum Nutrition Nutritionists and Dietitians
What is postpartum nutrition?
Postpartum nutrition refers to the dietary practices and consumption of specific foods during the postpartum period, when the mother is recovering from childbirth and breastfeeding. Proper nutrition during this time is essential and can help replenish nutrients lost during childbirth, aid in healing, and ensure an adequate milk supply for the baby. Nutrition professionals specializing in postpartum nutrition can provide personalized consultation, helping new mothers identify the best foods for recovery and breastfeeding. They can also offer practical advice on adjusting eating habits to fit into the new routine of caring for a newborn.
Why is nutrition important during the postpartum period?
A healthy and balanced diet during the postpartum period is essential for both recovery from childbirth and supporting breastfeeding. Consuming a variety of nutrient-rich foods, such as whole grains, lean proteins, fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats, is crucial during this time. Additionally, breastfeeding women burn an extra 300-500 calories per day on average, so it’s important for them to consume enough calories to meet this increased demand. Key nutrients such as iodine, choline, and iron are particularly important during the postpartum period, as they play vital roles in maternal health and infant development. To ensure all nutrient requirements are met, doctors may recommend dietary supplements to help women get enough essential nutrients during the postpartum period.
What foods should I avoid postpartum?
Nutrition experts generally advise women to avoid alcohol, caffeine, and high-sugar foods during the postpartum period. It's also recommended that postpartum mothers avoid foods that may contain high levels of harmful chemicals, such as certain fish like mackerel, swordfish, and tuna, which can contain high mercury levels that may negatively affect a newborn's development if passed through breastmilk. Additionally, foods with strong smells and flavors, such as garlic, are often discouraged as they may cause the baby to reject breastfeeding due to taste preferences.
What diet is best for breastfeeding mothers?
For breastfeeding mothers, a well-rounded and nutritious diet is essential to support both the mother's health and the baby's growth and development. In general, it is recommended that breastfeeding mother's focus on consuming a balanced diet that contains whole grains, vegetables, fruits, healthy fats, and lean protein sources. In particular, ensuring that one is getting enough protein can be critical to ensuring sufficient breast milk supply. Sources of such protein include dairy products, lean meats, eggs, nuts and seeds, and beans. Additionally, certain fish that are low in mercury, like salmon, bluefish, and bass, are particularly beneficial, as they provide omega-3 fatty acids, including docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which supports healthy infant brain development.