Rooted Postpartum Care
Postpartum mental health deserves more than symptom management.
Anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, exhaustion, rage, brain fog, hair loss, or simply not feeling like yourself deserve a deeper look. I help mothers understand the biological, emotional, and nutritional factors influencing their recovery — so healing feels possible again.
What Natalie believes and will say plainly:
Postpartum mental health cannot be separated from postpartum health.
The brain does not function independently of the body. Recovery after pregnancy involves nutrition, sleep, hormones, physical healing, gut health, stress, relationships, and emotional wellbeing—each influencing the others.
Thoughtful care means taking the time to understand the whole picture before deciding what treatment is most appropriate. Sometimes that includes medication. Sometimes it means addressing nutritional deficiencies, supporting recovery, improving sleep, or identifying underlying medical contributors. More often, it’s a combination of these approaches.
Every mother deserves care that asks why she feels the way she does—not simply how to quiet the symptoms.
She saw postpartum mothers struggling.
Now she’s the clinician helping them look deeper.
Most mothers who find Rooted Postpartum Care have already talked to someone. They’ve often been told their symptoms are “just postpartum,” their lab work looks normal, or they’ve been offered treatment without ever understanding why they feel the way they do.
They’re not simply looking for another opinion. They’re looking for someone willing to step back, connect the dots, and help them understand the whole picture.
That’s why I created Rooted Postpartum Care.
Throughout my career as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, I had the privilege of caring for women during pregnancy and postpartum. Again and again, I saw mothers carrying anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, rage, exhaustion, brain fog, and overwhelm while trying to care for everyone around them.
The more women I cared for, the more I realized postpartum mental health couldn’t be understood by looking at symptoms alone.
Pregnancy, birth, nutrition, sleep, hormones, physical recovery, gut health, inflammation, and the nervous system all influence emotional wellbeing. Yet these conversations often didn’t have the time or space they deserved.
I created Rooted Postpartum to bring those conversations together.
Crednetials
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Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), University of Maryland, Baltimore (graduated with honors)
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Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC)
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Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialist (CPPNS)
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Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Training (Postpartum Support International)
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Functional & Integrative Medicine Training
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Licensed in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Wyoming
Practice Philosophy
Rooted Postpartum Care was built on the belief that postpartum mental health deserves thoughtful, individualized care.
Too often, mothers are left wondering why they don’t feel like themselves. My philosophy is simple: every symptom deserves curiosity, every mother deserves to be heard, and healing begins by understanding the whole picture.
That means taking the time to understand not only your symptoms, but also your pregnancy, birth experience, nutrition, sleep, physical recovery, hormones, stress, lifestyle, and overall health. These pieces don’t exist in isolation—they work together to influence how you feel emotionally and physically.
Treatment is never one-size-fits-all. It may include education, nutrition, laboratory evaluation, lifestyle strategies, therapy collaboration, medication when appropriate, and practical tools to support healing. The goal isn’t simply to reduce symptoms—it’s to help you understand why you haven’t felt like yourself and create a plan that supports lasting recovery.
