Dr. Gillian Flower, Naturopathic Doctor, Ottawa, ON

Dr. Gillian Flower ND is a long-term member of the clinical team at the CHI. She works exclusively with adults that are touched by cancer, whether by an active diagnosis, a precancerous condition, a personal history, or a family history of cancer. Dr. Flower focuses on the needs of each individual person, identifying their priorities and crafting an individualized treatment plan, drawing primarily from nutritional, botanical and mind-body strategies. She works with people receiving treatment for cancer with an aim to supporting the whole person and mitigating side effects. Dr. Flower has additional certification in intravenous (IV) therapies, and oversees the operations of the IV suite at the CHI. She is a member of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (OncANP) and of both the Canadian and Ontario Associations of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND and OAND respectively). She is a regular contributor to alive magazine and is a member of its editorial advisory board. Dr. Flower has also co-authored several systematic research reviews evaluating natural health product use in people with breast cancer. Dr. Flower is an alumna of both the University of Toronto and the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM). Upon graduation from CCNM, she was honoured with the prestigious Joyce Vanderburgh Scholarship for most outstanding clinical performance and patient interaction. When she is not providing patient care, she can be found either on her bike, on foot or on skis, discovering the beauty and exercise opportunities in the National Capital Region, or finding creative ways to feed her children more vegetables.

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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.