Dr. Adrienne DeLuca ND, Doula, BHK
Dr. DeLuca is informally known as the “Mom Doctor”. Her passion lies in whole-family health, with a heavy focus on women wanting to become moms, women who are postpartum being told their symptoms are “normal”, and children’s health
Dr. DeLuca has been certified as a Naturopathic Doula since 2018. She helps women along their fertility journey utilizing nutrition and acupuncture, and once pregnant, helps Mum have a healthy pregnancy, navigate pregnancy symptoms such as low back pain and nausea, induce labour starting at 37 weeks to avoid necessary induction, and flipping babies in the womb who are in breech position before birth. As a Naturopathic Doula, she educates and empowers women to understand the birth process in order to create a birth plan that aligns with Mums wants and needs. Whether you want a home birth or hospital birth, Dr. DeLuca places a huge emphasis on the care for Mum in the weeks postpartum, while most of our healthcare is only focused on baby. She is also a firm believer that postpartum doesn’t end at 6 weeks.
“Adrienne acts as an advocate for mothers and empowers them to take control of the birthing process.”
Dr. DeLuca also earned a position on the pediatric focus shift in her medical internship year. She focused on treating children ages 0-18 with many conditions such as eczema, anxiety, chronic constipation, IBS, colic, asthma, and ADHD. As a teenager with anxiety, Dr. DeLuca holds a special place with her patients of all ages but especially teens, dealing with the same issue. She is exceptionally passionate about helping children with conditions that are unresolved or rare. As as an example, she treated a pediatric patient Granulomatous cheilitis, a rare auto-immune disorder that causes severe swelling and blistering of the lips, who came to see her as a last-resort after being to every other practitioner under the sun. They ended up seeing a 70% improvement of their symptoms, which no other practitioner had been able to help them achieve.
Aside from Mom and Kid’s health, Dr. DeLuca loves helping women with their anxiety journey and treating hormonal conditions such as PCOS, endometriosis and painful periods. As a former caregiver to her mother, she knows that it is like to feel burnt out, stressed and depleted. She draws from her experience to help women who are burnt out whether that’s from motherhood, careers, or caregiving for a loved one.
Dr. DeLuca prides herself on being evidence-based and has a “foundational” perspective for treatment as she finds this is what works best, is the most sustainable, and cost effective for her patients. Her main focus lies in optimizing nutrition, sleep, movement, and stress, in addition to ordering/reviewing bloodwork and using Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture.
Outside of the clinic, you can find Dr. DeLuca running with her miniature schnoodle Ripley, doing yoga, reading, sewing, or making crochet mittens.