Dr. Darlene Reid-Ahenakew, Naturopathic Doctor, Saskatoon, SK

"Dr. Darlene Reid, ND is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor in Saskatchewan. Her premedical training was at Queen's University, graduating with a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education, as well as a Bachelor of Life Sciences. She spent 4 more years at CCNM in Toronto and graduated with her ND in 2001. Dr. Reid practices “functional medicine”, meaning that although a patient may or may not have a classified disease, when a patient's body is not functioning optimally, there can be some really significant symptoms. The root causes need to be identified before walking patients through the steps needed to facilitate optimal function again. These steps may include dietary changes, vitamin or herbal support to balance hormones, ensuring optimal digestive function, supporting the body's ability to eliminate effectively, and developing stress management plans. Listening to patients' symptoms in completion is very valuable in diagnosing the root cause of their health concerns. Physical examination and laboratory test are additional diagnostic tools. There are many laboratory tests available through private labs which can be accessed if additional information is required. Being trained in pharmaceutical medications and their interactions with natural medicines is very important so that a discussion of medications can take place and natural remedies can be prescribed safely. Dr. Reid's clinical experience over the years has been diverse, including addressing patients with hormonal imbalances and a wide spectrum of digestive concerns such as IBS and SIBO. She has a significant amount of experience helping patients with Hashimoto's disease and other autoimmune conditions, having had two of these autoimmune conditions herself. Over the years, Dr. Reid has developed a practice focus helping patients with headaches and migraines. Migraine sufferers are often referred to as having “sensitive brains”. Her approach to patients who suffer from migraines is to identify functional issues that are contributing to the

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One of the most common conditions women experience during their first trimester of their pregnancy is nausea and vomiting and although it is quite normal, it can cause women a lot of stress and fatigue as well as a loss of a lot of nutrients and fluids.

The cause isn’t fully understood. However, it’s mainly due to the increase – the exponential increase of hormones experienced during this time, mainly HCG, estrogen, and progesterone. These hormones have effects on all other cells in the body as well which can cause some of these gastrointestinal symptoms women feel.

Although nausea can be very frustrating and tiring for women, there are a lot of treatment options to help. Simple things like changing your diet and your lifestyle can make a huge impact, like having regular exercise or ensuring that there’s always food in your stomach. Having an empty stomach can actually make the nauseating symptoms much more severe. So keeping a snack in your purse or in your car will help alleviate some of these symptoms.

Dehydration is common in women with increased nausea and vomiting so it’s really important to find ways to replenish fluid in the body. If you’re not able to keep water down or have trouble taking in water, intravenous vitamin therapy is a great alternative.

With this treatment, your naturopathic doctor can also infuse vitamins directly into your blood stream. Vitamins such as B6 and B12 will help decrease the nauseous feeling as well as increase energy throughout your pregnancy. Again, it depends on the patient. And we often will design very specific treatment plans in terms of supplements and dietary change to help with these symptoms.  Lab tests, of course, play a big role in diagnosing digestive issues. So, we would look at systemic levels of inflammation. We can also measure hydrogen and methane on the breath to determine if there are any microorganisms contributing to these symptoms.  If you’re experiencing digestive issues of any kind and you’d like to learn more about what’s causing these symptoms, see your local naturopathic doctor.