About the creator...
BSc (Hons) FNTP Dip Walsh Trained
Founder of The Happy Healthy Unicorn and Blossom Health. I am a mother of two children, one of whom (my unicorn) was diagnosed with level 3 autism six years ago. I am also a certified naturopathic nutritionist, trained in various disciplines helping families to achieve optimum health and wellness via nutrition and natural approaches.
I am so happy to have you here!
I created this programme out of love for other parents, and the children I work with, based on research, education and my own personal experience of having a child with special needs.
The information that would save so many of our children going on to have struggles and chronic health conditions.
Let's spend time PRE conception setting your baby up to be resilient and healthy, rather than treating the imbalances of a chronic health condition for what could be a lifetime after.
But unless you are writing a thesis or are just a geek who loves science like me, you might find it hard to untangle, and it will likely leave you more confused. This program was designed to break down complex information and help you make the correct choices to support you and your baby's body for optimal growth, development and outcomes.
8 Live classes
Weekly Q and A to gain support and guidance and ask any questions that you need help with
20% discount on any lab work that you decide to undertake after this programme
All the resources you need to grow a healthy baby!
You will be granted access to all of the replays if you cannot attend the live calls in person.
You will also be granted access to Vicky's Support group - a private community created for this programme where you can ask questions outside of the live calls.
With Q and A's weekly so you can access tailored support and ask any questions
Week 1
Live class and Q + A
Introduction
Course outline
Why is this important
Healthy parents = healthy babies. How our health issues can impact our children's outcomes
Reproduction - what can go wrong?
Week 2
Did you know that if a mother has a genetic mutation on her vitamin D receptor gene, it can cause asthma in her children? That if a mother has a mutation on some of her dopamine degrading genes, it can cause aggression and self harm in the child? This class will cover everything gene related. Genes are not our prefixed destiny, but they are very important in the contact of conception! Knowing how to support these pathways correctly can be life changing.
Live Class and Q + A
Your significant genetic variations and how they impact the developing fetus for better or worse
How to test for them
How to optimize diet/lifestyle to support your biochemistry and baby's optimal brain development
Week 3
Metabolic pathways are often overlooked when considering conception, when in reality they are a critical part to address before trying to get pregnant. An example is when thyroid hormones cannot enter the cell effectively, a low thyroid in the mother has been linked with autism in her child. In this class we address importnat metabolic factors in the mother, which can dive chronic illness in children later, and how to unravel and support those areas for optimum outcomes.
Live class + Q and A
Critical metabolic factors to regulate in parents before conceiving to optimise baby's health and development and what can happen if we don't
Week 4
Did you know that trauma or chronic stress in the body can lead to excess toxic metals stimulating the brain of the baby and leading to diagnoses such as ADHD? That if you have a depleted microbiome it can predipose the child to allergies in later life? In this class we cover these very importnat topics and more
Live class + Q and A
The inherited microbiome - why providing a healthy gut flora for your baby is critical for their healthy outcomes. How do we provide our babies with a healthy start?
Stress - which stage are you in? And what this means for your developing baby. Wired mother = wired child.
Calming techniques and easy solutions for bringing your body back into a balanced state
Week 5
Live class + Q and A
Lab testing for pre-conception: Lab testing to prepare your body. What I would test for knowing what I do now
Male and female nutrients to optimise egg and sperm health. The essential nutrients for a healthy baby / what deficiencies in them can lead to / how to optimise them
The daddy should prep his body too!
Week 6
Live class + Q and A
First-trimester optimising health - what should we be eating, supplementing and avoiding for healthy growth and development in this phase
Week 7
Live class + Q and A
Second and Third trimester optimising health: what should we be eating,supplementing and avoiding for healthy growth and development in these phases
Week 8
Live class + Q and A
Essential Dos and Don'ts for a bright healthy future
This programme outlines everything that I would have wanted to know and everything I would do now if I could do things all over again. It is based upon years of research, multiple educational qualifications and most importantly, experiencing the heartache, financial burden and work that every one of my patients has to go through to unravel the diagnoses and chronic health issues that their children are suffering with today because they did not know any of this.
Yes! This course covers reproduction in full, guiding men and women through the intricacies of what is required for healthy conception. Also covering the stressors which can impact fertility and how to address them
We know that auto immunity is driven by stress, gut imbalances, deficiencies and toxicity. Your having an auto immune condition does not automatically mean that your child will have one. By addressing these issues in ourselves before conception and knowing how to care for our children in the first years of life can prevent the cascade of events which can lead to autoimmunity. This programme shows you how to do both
Nearly 100% of autism diagnoses are driven by two things - vulnerable genetics and environmental insults. This course teaches you about genetic variations important in catalysing diagnoses, and important environmental drivers of autism so that you are fully supported and empowered to make the right choices for a healthier outcome. True Kanner autism is rare. But even then, we know that the outcomes of the child can be better with the correct nutritional and lifestyle recommendations. This programme gives you the tools you require to support healthy outcomes.
Science tells us that DNA making up our genes collect little chemical marks throughout development. These determine how much or how little of a gene is expressed. Our experiences, the stressors we are exposed to, and our environment can re arrange these marks and drive healthy or unhealthy outcomes. This is called epigenetics and is shows us that whatever our genetic predispositions are, they are not our destiny because we can change them. We know that by supporting the various pathways involved in cataylsing a diagnosis we can actually prevent this from being our outcome. One example is Alzeimers - this is actually mostly driven by poor blood glucose control. This will run in families if each family member has the same lifestyle. Auto immunity is another. ADHD is typically caused by an excess of specific nutrients and some metabolic imbalances. Knowing this we can peel these back and prevent that accumulation before birth. This programme teaches you how.
This programme was created for this reason. It teaches you how to get your body into the best possible health to offer your child the most nourishing 'nest' for them to develop beautifully and healthfully in.