Professional Bio
Registered Nutritional Therapist DipION
Registered with BANT (British Association of Lifestyle Medicine) and CNHC (Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council)
Fertility Specialist
Graduate of the Making Babies Naturally Mentorship program and resident Fertility Specialist at the Fertility Nutrition Centre
Guest Fertility Expert
Featuring as Expert for the Fertility Help Hub and the Aura Fertility app. Also featured in blogs and articles for nutrition companies and magazines.
Academic Nutrition
Involved behind the scenes to support the Institute of Optimum Nutrition(ION)’s academic team train the next generation of nutritional therapists.
Do you feel like the clock is ticking?
I was there too, way past the age of 35 when we finally decided to start a family.
Hello there,
I am Milena and I help couples with strategic and personalised nutrition, so that they can regain trust in their fertility potential.
You’ve changed your diet, started exercising. You’re taking some (or lots of) supplements, but you’re starting to wonder when it’ll be your time to see a positive pregnancy test. You may have experienced a loss and you don’t know what your next steps may be. The pain is too unbearable.
Perhaps, you know in your heart a piece of the puzzle is missing. Or something deep inside of you is telling you that assisted reproduction is not your last option or that for the next IVF cycle you really want to feel like all the cards are stacked in your favour. You sense that your odds may not be as bad as the dry stats that the doctors have given you. Even worse, your doctors have told you that “everything is fine, just go back and try again”, but nothing is changing.
I see you. I had that same feeling when we were trying for our first baby. I remember how hard it was to see the negative pregnancy tests month after month.
So I decided enough was enough. As a couple we had started with some basic diet changes already, but we were confused.
There was so much information on what were meant to be the best diets, the best supplements but it was overwhelming. Not to mention all the trends. Should we have gone paleo, vegan, keto? No dairy, gluten free?
You go around in circles. I remember it well.
Like you, I wanted to make the right decisions to give us the best chance of conceiving.
The next step was the missing puzzle to my fertility journey and it changed the direction of my life.
With a background in IT and a technical mind, I had to go deeper and look at the science. That’s when I decided to embark on my nutrition studies and take charge of my health. That’s also when my mindset shifted. I began to see every negative pregnancy test as an opportunity to nourish my body, ready for pregnancy. My husband was also invested in the process alongside me.
The knowledge enabled us to fall pregnant naturally, and dramatically shaped my two future pregnancies at the age 37 and 41.
By changing my diet and lifestyle, I also healed my hormonal imbalance, so my second pregnancy (and birth) was way more smooth sailing than the first one, even if I was past my 40th birthday!
I am well aware that this is not what many women experience. In fact, you may have found it was so much easier to get pregnant the first time around, but trying for your second baby hasn’t been so straightforward.
Let me show you what is possible. You deserve support with the best tools available. I use advanced functional medicine testing to provide you with a personalised nutrition, supplement and action plan.
Despite our happy ending, I wish I had had all the tools I use in my nutrition practice now to dig deep and personalise my recommendations further. I wonder if it’d have shortened some of the heartache.
That’s why I am so passionate about my. work. Together we will search for the root cause of what’s holding you back from completing your family.
Alongside this, my mission is to show you the deeply healing and nurturing power of real foods from traditional cultures, alongside an approach which is evidence based.
I want you to feel fully supported in your journey into parenthood, in the confidence that you are making a difference not only to your own fertility, but also to the health of your next generation. When you learn the physiology of YOUR own body, you regain this confidence. This is an important part of my work.
Let me guide you to taking your natural fertility back into your own hands, and preparing your body to welcome the family you have been dreaming of.
I am here if you have any questions, so book a free call to get in touch.
“the whole process felt very personalised towards me and wasn’t like I was used to. Having PCOS for so long, I had always been treated like a statistic rather than an individual”
Fertility client G, 37, Maidenhead, UK