Nutrition &

Health Coach

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Melanie Sulaver

Registered Dietitian | Sports Nutritionist | Women’s Health coach

 
Mel Sulaver (she, her), MS, RD, CDN, CISSN is a registered dietitian working to bridge the gap between women’s health and performance nutrition. She specializes in women in sport, disordered eating, and amenorrhea /  oligomenorrhea in the context of energy deficiency. Mel has dedicated her career to supporting women and birthing people who want to nourish their body throughout fertility, pregnancy, and their postpartum journey. As the founder of Nutrition By Mel, she provides intimate counseling and 1:1 coaching as well as virtual and in-person presentations and workshops. Mel will support you, cheer you on, and hold space for you wherever you’re at in your relation to nutrition, body image, and fertility. Mel recently moved to Ann Arbor from NYC with her husband and son. If you’d like to connect, you will likely find her in Kerrytown at the Farmers’ Market on Saturday morning but email and social media are also an option.

 

 

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Pre & Postnatal MovEment with MOVE Wellness

MOVE Wellness is Ann Arbor’s premiere studio for Pilates and GYROTONIC® private sessions and small group classes. Our expert trainers have been working with pre and postnatal populations since the studio opened in 2012. Our team has worked with clients to support and prepare your body for pregnancy, birth, and a healing postpartum. 


Our experienced trainers will empower you with the knowledge to move with ease, relieve discomfort, all while keeping the deep support muscles of the body strengthened. Your body is innately strong and intuitive, let us help support you in amplifying the path your body is already on before and after birth. Learn more.

Ann Arbor Birth & Family provides unparalleled birth and postpartum doula services, birth and early parenting education, and perinatal counseling to empower and instill confidence as you navigate pregnancy, birth, and adjustment to life with your new baby.

WE SERVE

Our professional Ann Arbor doulas and childbirth educators serve the greater Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit areas, including Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Dexter, Chelsea, Saline, Brighton, Novi, Southfield, Plymouth, Canton, South Lyon, West Bloomfield, Dearborn, Livonia, Royal Oak, Grosse Pointe, and more.

Our doulas provide labor support at locations within a 50 mile radius of Ann Arbor, including but not limited to: University of Michigan Hospital, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Henry Ford West Bloomfield, Alternative Birth Care UnitAscension Providence Hospital - Southfield CampusAscension Providence Hospital - Novi CampusRoyal Oak Beaumont/Karmanos Natural Birth Center, and midwife-attended home births.

we SPECIALIZE IN

The Ann Arbor Birth & Family team specializes in supporting: first time parents, birth over 35, LGBTQ parents, solo parents, adoptive families, surrogacy, natural (medication-free) birth, waterbirth, epidurals, VBAC, high-risk pregnancy, cesarean birth (planned and unplanned), birth after loss, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, PTSD, birth trauma, infertility, bed rest, breastfeeding, bottle feeding, and infant care.

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