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Pre-Conception Counseling

Meet Your Pre-Conception Counseling Practitioner

Tracy Shulsinger, FNP-C

Avoid Pregnancy Complications, Preeclampsia, Gestational Diabetes, and More through a Natural Functional Medicine Approach

If you want to become pregnant or are newly pregnant, you may be looking for options to help you achieve the healthiest, most successful pregnancy. The Healing Collective’s Dr. Joseph Cohen completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and served as Ob/Gyn and pediatrics department chairman and director of The Center for Integrative Therapies at Longmont United Hospital. Today, he brings 30 years of experience as an obstetrician to The Healing Collective clients.

Through a functional medicine approach, Dr. Cohen focuses on helping women remove triggers of disease and other issues that may lead to problems during pregnancy. His goal is to facilitate a healthy, complication-free pregnancy without relying on medications. from pre-conception counseling to pregnancy support, Dr. Cohen helps women achieve optimal outcomes for themselves and their babies.

What to Expect from Preconception Counseling at The Healing Collective

Dr. Cohen’s functional medicine approach to preconception counseling and early pregnancy support is an ideal complement to the traditional Ob/Gyn or midwife services a woman receives. After three decades as an OB/GYN physician, he knows first-hand there are many issues the standard medical approach does not cover or address, and that’s where he places his focus.

If women have a history of preeclampsia or gestational diabetes, he works with them to implement lifestyle and nutritional changes and supplementation to prevent these conditions.

Dr. Cohen begins preconception counseling services with a thorough assessment to gather patient history, family history, and current medical conditions. Then, he provides advice on how the patient can proceed to achieve optimal outcomes.

Preeclampsia

For women with a risk of dangerous and potentially life-threatening preeclampsia, Dr. Cohen often sees a connection to underlying autoimmune conditions and low vitamin D levels. By keeping women’s vitamin d levels up and counseling them on nutritional changes, Dr. Cohen can help prevent women from developing preeclampsia, even if they have experienced it with previous pregnancies.

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes is a highly preventable disease. Dr. Cohen guides women through nutritional adjustments necessary to prevent this condition, which has a tremendous impact on both mother and baby.

Thyroid Conditions

Thyroid conditions may result in an increased risk of miscarriage early in the pregnancy. Dr. Cohen can help women to address thyroid conditions that may cause difficulty conceiving and keeping pregnancies.

Pregnancy Nausea and Anxiety

Women who struggle with severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancies often want an alternative to the pharmaceutical Zofran, which can cause cardiac defects in babies. Dr. Cohen may recommend non-psychoactive cannabinoids that have been shown to relieve nausea in some pregnant women. For women who suffer with anxiety during their pregnancies, natural remedies like CBD and CBG can significantly reduce anxiety without unwanted side effects.

General Pregnancy Support

As more and more women are taking steps to be in control of their pregnancies and birthing experiences, Dr. Cohen serves as a support and pregnancy consultant. He offers advice and personalized care that many women may be missing from their health care provider. Women can visit Dr. Cohen at The Healing Collective when they are planning to get pregnant or during early pregnancy to receive attentive, customized care and advice from a natural, functional medicine approach.

Find Support to Achieve Optimal Pregnancy Outcomes at The Healing Collective

Pregnancy is an exciting and overwhelming time; it can also be a bit stressful if you have a history of pregnancy problems or other health concerns. Dr. Cohen and The Healing Collective team are proud to offer women pre-conception and pregnancy counseling and support to help make your pregnancy everything you hoped it would be: healthy, empowered, and complication-free.