Dr. Angela Kirk, Naturopathic Doctor, Calgary, AB

"As a Naturopathic Doctor, and as a mother of two, I am passionate about doing my part to leave the world a better place. Broadly, this is an overwhelming task, but in small pieces, it is amazing and fulfilling work filled with small miracles along the way. I am so grateful to have a career that I love. Over the last decade, I have worked with women's health and men's health to optimize nutrition, identify and reduce lifestyle stressors, and to treat underlying health conditions. I treat the whole family, from fertility to well child visits; cold and flu treatment to allergy concerns and environmental medicine including chelation therapy. I love working with people of all ages, through all stages of life. I feel privileged to work with so many great people and I am excited each time I see a patient gain confidence in recognizing and treating conditions naturally where possible. Supporting couples to achieve healthy pregnancies is an important area of my practice that inspires and drives my passion for natural medicine. I provide specialized fertility support, working with couples from pre-conception, to optimize overall health, on through pregnancy to help nurture the development of a healthy and thriving baby. My goal is to help my patients achieve a lifelong balance of health and wellness - from eating better to understanding our bodies' cues to knowing how our environment impacts overall wellbeing. Achieving this balance over a lifetime can be challenging. And yet I think it is so important to approach life this way, finding the best of ourselves - with the goal of making the world a better place. For me, this means having a job I love and time to fill my days and heart with family, my precious children, and my other loves of nature, mountain sports, music and great healthy food. "

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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.