DIETITIAN &
NUTRITION SERVICES

Expert Nutrition Support for Mums and Bubs: Empowering Your Health Journey

At Mums and Bubs Clinic, we understand that early life nutrition, particularly the first 1000 days (from conception to about 2 years of age) profoundly impacts the health and wellbeing of not just the present, but generations to come. Our dedicated dietitian services are here to guide and support women, infants, and young children during this critical window of opportunity by ensuring mum and bub is well nourished, happy and thriving.

Empowering Through Expertise

We blend hands-on experience with evidence-based practices to equip our patients with the best in nutrition care. Amidst the overwhelming "nutrition noise" of social media, we strive to provide clear, practical, and sustainable advice tailored to each unique situation.

Services We Offer

Fertility nutrition
Optimising pregnancy (including nutrition for multiples) and postpartum nutrition
Breastfeeding nutrition
Gestational Diabetes nutrition
Nutrition support for general pregnancy issues (heartburn, constipation, nausea, pre- eclampsia, weight concerns, concerns about food safety/restricted foods)
Pregnancy after bariatric surgery
Before and after bariatric surgery education and support
Supporting infants and young children with colic, eczema, reflux and other digestive issues that relate to food intolerances and food allergies (identifying triggers through guided elimination and food-challenge diets and ensuring adequacy of nutrients if foods are removed)
Supporting parents with the introduction of solids to help grow confident little eaters
Infant and toddler nutrition including common issues such as identifying the correct infant formula for non-breastfed babies, fussy eating, iron-deficiency and constipation.
Growth monitoring and support for children experiencing challenges with their weight
Supporting women with chronic conditions such as IBS, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, PCOS etc.

Meet our caring experts:

Loren Muhlmann: Accredited Practicing Dietitian
Tanya van Aswegen: Accredited Practicing Dietitian

At Mums and Bubs Clinic, we're not just your nutrition experts, but your dedicated partners in optimising your own and your growing family’s nutrition. .Your well-being is our priority, and together, we'll embark on a journey towards lasting health and happiness.

What services does Tanya van Aswegen provide?

Tanya van Aswegen is deeply passionate about supporting women’s, infants and young children’s nutrition,
as early life nutrition impacts not only mum and bub, but also future generations.

She believes in empowering her clients through a combination of practical experience and evidence-based-practice, and by helping them reduce all the “nutrition noise” which in the world of social media is creating a lot of unnecessary anxiety for women and parents.

Tanya provides practical and sustainable advice, unique to the individual’s situation. As a mum of two who has experienced fertility issues, food allergies during breastfeeding and significant fussy eating, she understands first hand how challenging it can be to try and nourish yourself, your family and potential underlying issues.

Tanya has many years of experience supporting clients across a wide range of nutrition conditions, but her main focus areas are:

Fertility nutrition.
Optimising pregnancy (including nutrition for multiples) and postpartum nutrition.
Breastfeeding nutrition.
Nutrition support for general pregnancy issues (heartburn, constipation, nausea, pre-
eclampsia, weight concerns, concerns about food safety/restricted foods).
Supporting infants and young children with colic, eczema, reflux and other digestive issues
that relate to food intolerances and food allergies (identifying triggers through guided
elimination and food-challenge diets and ensuring adequacy of nutrients if foods are
removed).
Supporting parents with the introduction of solids to help grow confident little eaters.
Infant and toddler nutrition including common issues such as identifying the correct infant
formula for non-breastfed babies, fussy eating, iron-deficiency and constipation.
Growth monitoring and support for children experiencing challenges with their weight.
Supporting women with chronic conditions such as IBS, high cholesterol, high blood
pressure, PCOS etc.

Consultations include a detailed medical, social and dietary history, nutrition focussed clinical review, dietary analysis to identify nutrient gaps, setting goals and an individualised nutrition plan.

What services does Loren Muhlmann provide?

Loren Muhlmann is an experience Accredited Practising Dietitian and is passionate about helping people achieve and maintain their unique and individual health goals. Loren provides individually tailored nutrition and healthy lifestyle advice in a supportive and caring manner. Over the past 20 years working as a dietitian, she has had experience in a wide range of settings and with many nutrition-related conditions.

Her main areas of focus are:

Optimising healthy eating during pregnancy, postpartum and breastfeeding nutrition
Common pregnancy-related issues such as constipation, heartburn, nausea and vomiting, weight concerns
Gestational diabetes
Fertility nutrition
Pregnancy after bariatric surgery
Before and after bariatric surgery education and support
Supporting clients with conditions such as PCOS, high cholesterol, diabetes