We Can Help Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

or Infertility Lose Weight and Improve their Lifestyle

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Claire's Personal and Professional Experience with PCOS and Fertility

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As well as having PCOS herself, Claire has been actively involved in helping women manage PCOS for many years. She has helped many clients referred by GPs and specialists to lose weight, improve their PCOS symptoms (such as feeling less tired, reducing sugar cravings, improving blood test results), improve their fertility and reduce their risk of long term health problems. Claire also worked with the Dietitians Association of Australia to establish the PCOS interest group for Dietitian's and has developed a comprehensive PCOS professional development resource for Dietitian's. She is also a professional member of the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia.

Claire also has personal experience of fertility issues often associated with PCOS, and is now a Mum to two growing boys both conceived in her late thirties and early forties. So although no two experiences of PCOS or infertility are the same, Claire can relate to what you are going through and offer you both compassionate understanding, evidence based nutrition advice and support to integrate long term management of PCOS into your life.

Claire believes in long term sustainable changes that focus on improving your health, not just losing weight.

"It's about the long term behaviours and the positive drive to be as healthy as you can be. It's as much about adding delicious healthy fresh foods to your eating plan, as it is about cutting out foods." Yes, weight loss is important, but even losing small amounts of weight like 5-10% of your current weight can begin to improve your health.

PCOS Services and Individual Consultations with Claire

Each women with PCOS is different, which is why we think each women needs an individual nutrition plan. That's what we aim to provide in our individual consultations. Claire's personal experience of PCOS adds so much to the support she can offer. Health fund rebates are available on all consultations if you have cover. In some cases you may also be eligible for Meicare rebates as part of an EPC Care Plan (as determined by your GP). See the fees page for more information.

Options for consultations include:

Standard PCOS assessment and consultation (50 minutes, $125) which includes a full review of your current diet, weight and nutritional status for PCOS, as well as goal setting and a sample daily meal plan with appropriate portions and food types. This is followed up with reveiw consultations for ongoing support and education (reviews are $75) generally covering one topic around your nutrition goals at each review. Most women with PCOS would require at least 2-3 reviews.

Long PCOS assessment and consultation (90 minutes, $225) which includes the standard consultation, plus additional education around food choices, reading food labels, cooking and modifying recipes (including where to source great recipes for PCOS) and eating out that would normally be covered in the first and second review appointment. This suits those people who are coming a long way for their appointment and would like to cover as much as possible. Additional reviews can be added at a later date if required.

Initial PCOS Consultation plus 7 day PCOS Friendly Personal Eating Plan with Recipes and Shopping List. In this package you get everything in the standard individual assessment, plus you get your own 7 day PCOS Friendly Personal Food Plan based around your food likes and dislikes and your personal portion sizes. Recipes (at least 3) and a shopping list are included. This costs $225, and you can add review consultations on at any time ($75 each) or get additional weekly menu plans for an additional $75 (if based around similar portion sizes).

If you are really focused on a weight loss goal, you can also choose our 3 Month Weight Loss Program with Claire and incorporate PCOS managment and education into this. You can read more about this program on our weight loss page.

I have PCOS and I can't get Pregnant

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Research has shown that in overweight women with PCOS, losing even small amounts of weight can result in a return of normal ovulation, increasing the chance of pregnancy. Even without PCOS, losing weight if you are overweight improves your chances of conceiving, increases the chances of assisted reproduction treatment working, decreases the chances of pregnancy complications for both mother and baby. Losing weight, changing the amount and type of food you eat and being physically active has also been shown to improve insulin resistance (which causes many of the health problems associated with PCOS) and ovarian function, which in turn also improves your chances of getting pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy (including decreasing your chance of developing gestational diabetes).

If you are not trying to conceive, you can still benefit in many ways from improving your diet and lifestyle. In people with impaired glucose tolerance (which is common in PCOS), healthy eating and exercise has also been recently shown to reduce or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes by as much as 58%. It really works, and we can help you put it into practice with professional compassionate support. Our clients also report increased energy levels, less bloating and weight around the tummy area, less sugar cravings and mood swings and and an improvement in acne and other PCOS symptoms after following a PCOS friendly eating plan.

If you have depression (which is very common in women with PCOS) following a PCOS friendly diet as well as paying attention to overall lifestyle and intake of particular nutrients can help reduce symptoms in conjunction with other medical care.

Contact us today about how we can help you improve your health and fertility.

 

Visit Claire's PCOS Blog for these additional articles on PCOS and Nutrition

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Insulin Resistance and PCOS

How is PCOS Diagnosed and Treated?

Six Weight Loss Tips for PCOS

Depression, Anxiety and PCOS

Getting pregnant with PCOS

PCOS and Carbohydrate

Vitamin D and PCOS