Still Exhausted 1–2 Years After Baby? That's Not Normal — No Matter What Your Doctor Said.
Root-cause functional health for mothers whose labs came back "normal" but whose bodies haven't recovered.
Replenish Functional Health finds what's actually driving your exhaustion, brain fog, and nervous system overload through labs, symptoms, patterns, and environment so you can have energy for your kids, clarity at work, and something left for yourself at the end of the day.
This practice was built for a very specific mother.
You sleep eight hours and wake up feeling like you didn't sleep at all. The exhaustion lives in your bones, and it's been building since you had your kids.
Your brain used to be your superpower. Now you're forgetting words mid-sentence, losing your train of thought in meetings, and re-reading the same email three times before it registers.
By the time you get home, your nervous system is maxed. Your kids are loud and you love them, but the overstimulation makes you want to lock yourself in the bathroom just to breathe.
You went to your doctor. They ran labs. Everything came back "normal." You were told to drink more water, sleep more, and manage your stress.
You're doing all the right things. Eating well, exercising, hydrating. And you still feel like you're dragging yourself through every single day.
You're a high-performer who's used to being sharp and capable, and the gap between who you are now and who you were before kids is getting harder to ignore.
That's who this practice is for.
Conventional postpartum care ends at six weeks.
Your OB cleared you, your pediatrician took over for the baby, and nobody checked back in on you at six months, twelve months, or two years. The system moved on. Your body didn't.
Pregnancy and postpartum fundamentally shift your gut microbiome, drain critical nutrient stores, and dysregulate hormones that don't bounce back on their own because the baby started sleeping.
When those systems don't recover, the downstream effects compound: fatigue that sleep can't touch, brain fog that makes you question your own competence, mood swings, hair loss, afternoon crashes, and a nervous system stuck in overdrive.
So you go to your doctor. They run a basic panel. Your TSH is in range. Your CBC comes back unremarkable. And you're told there's nothing wrong.
The ranges they're using catch disease, but they miss the space between "not sick" and "actually well." Most depleted mothers are living in that space, and their labs reflect it when you know what to look for.
This practice finds what standard panels miss and builds a recovery plan around what's actually going on.
Maternal depletion has a biological sequence. Recovery has to follow it.
The Replenish Method is a data-driven, root-cause protocol built specifically for mothers whose bodies never recovered from pregnancy and postpartum. It works in three phases.
Uncover
We start with a full functional assessment: your labs, your symptoms, your environment, your daily life. Then we run an advanced blood panel to catch what your doctor missed: iron patterning, thyroid dysfunction hiding behind "normal" TSH, nutrient deficiencies, and inflammatory markers. By the end of this phase, you know what's depleted, what's driving it, and where to start.
Rebuild
We restore gut function and nutrient absorption first, because nothing else works if your body can't absorb what it needs. From there, we address hormones, starting with blood sugar, stress hormones, and circadian rhythm. Every protocol is built around your specific labs, your real schedule, and what you can actually implement with a toddler in the house.
Reclaim
We adjust your protocol as your body responds, troubleshoot what isn't moving, and refine what is. As gut health and hormones come back online, the nervous system starts to regulate, and the changes stop requiring constant effort and start becoming the way you live.
We treat maternal depletion as the biological event it is: hormones, nervous system, nutrient status. Recovery has a clinical sequence, and we follow it with data.
The symptoms your doctor called "just part of being a mom."
Bone-deep fatigue that sleep doesn't fix
Brain fog and cognitive decline
Nervous system dysregulation and overstimulation
Hormonal imbalances carrying over from pregnancy
Digestive issues, bloating, and food sensitivities
Anxiety, mood swings, or emotional reactivity
Hair loss, skin changes, or weight resistance
Insomnia or disrupted sleep patterns
Feeling wired but exhausted
Autoimmune flares or new sensitivities post-baby
These symptoms are connected. They're signals from interconnected systems that broke down under the biological load of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and the demands of early motherhood. We trace those signals back to the source and address them in the right clinical order.
How to Get Started
Book Your Complimentary Depletion Recovery Call
A complimentary, no-obligation conversation where we talk through what you're experiencing, what you've already tried, and what your body has been through since pregnancy. There is no charge for this call. By the end, you'll know whether functional nutrition is the right next step, and if it is, exactly what that looks like.
Get Your Personalized Plan
Based on your history, symptoms, and goals, we map out the right path forward, including which labs to run, what to prioritize first, and how the process fits into your actual schedule. Everything is sequenced so you're never guessing what to do next or why.
Start Recovering
We work together inside a structured, time-bound program. You get lab interpretation, protocol adjustments, and ongoing support as your body responds. You'll see what's changing, understand why, and have a practitioner in your corner who's tracking the full picture alongside you.
All care is virtual and one-on-one.
I built this practice after going through maternal depletion myself.
After I had my son, I was dealing with crushing fatigue, debilitating brain fog, and constant overstimulation. I couldn't show up at work or at home in a way I was proud of. I was doing all the right things and I still felt like I was dragging myself through every single day.
When I finally went to my doctor, I was told my labs were "fine" and nothing was wrong. I had a high-stress job where I needed to be mentally sharp, and brain fog was not an option. When I got home, all I wanted was to be calm and present with my son, but my body was tapped out.
That's when I decided to take a data-informed functional health approach. I looked at my symptoms, patterns, lifestyle, and labs to pinpoint what was actually driving my depletion, then implemented targeted changes that fit my real, demanding mom life. I reclaimed my energy, my mental clarity, and a regulated nervous system.
Before that, in my twenties, I'd already walked through my own autoimmune crisis using the same functional health principles I now teach. I understand what it's like to have your body turn on you and to feel dismissed by a system that wasn't built to find the answer.
Now I'm sharp at work all day, and I still have real capacity to be fully present at home and enjoy the best parts of motherhood. That's why I created Replenish Functional Health, for depleted moms who are doing everything right and still falling apart.
Gina Corrigan, CHN, FMACC
Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Academy Certified Coach. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving clients virtually across all 50 states.
What Clients Are Saying
What to Expect From This Practice
This is root-cause functional nutrition care built around your labs, your symptoms, your environment, and your daily life. It's structured, time-bound, and focused on finding what's actually driving your depletion and addressing it in the right order with a clear plan.
You are treated as an active partner in your care. Every decision is explained, every recommendation has a rationale, and you'll understand the "why" behind everything in your protocol.
This is not emergency care, and it does not replace your primary care physician. Supplements, labs, and dietary changes are recommended when the clinical picture calls for them. Your engagement has a defined scope, a clear timeline, and a measurable objective. You'll know what we're working on, how long it takes, and what progress looks like along the way.
Frequently Asked Questions
Conventional medicine is designed to diagnose and manage disease. It's excellent for acute care and emergencies. When it comes to the kind of chronic, multi-system depletion that builds up after pregnancy and early motherhood, the standard model often falls short. Your doctor may run a basic panel, see that your results fall within the "normal" range, and tell you there's nothing wrong.
Functional health looks at your labs through a tighter, optimal range, maps your symptoms to interconnected systems (gut, hormones, nervous system, nutrient status), and finds the root cause rather than masking individual symptoms.
Maternal depletion is a well-documented biological phenomenon where the physical demands of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and sustained caregiving deplete a mother's nutrient reserves, destabilize her hormones, and dysregulate her nervous system. Research shows this recovery process can take 24 months or more under ideal conditions, and for most mothers, conditions are anything but ideal.
Two reasons. First, we run a significantly more comprehensive panel than what most providers order, including energy markers, nutrient status, metabolic function, thyroid and immune markers, and inflammation indicators that a standard wellness check doesn't cover. Second, we interpret your results through the lens of optimal function, not just disease absence.
Most clients notice the first meaningful shifts within the first 4 to 6 weeks of implementing their protocol, particularly in energy, sleep quality, and mental clarity. More complex symptoms involving hormones and nervous system regulation often take 8 to 12 weeks to stabilize. Recovery isn't linear, but the data helps us track your progress objectively rather than relying on how you feel day to day.
It's a no-charge, no-pressure conversation where we talk about what you're experiencing, how long it's been going on, and what you've already tried. I'll share how our approach works and whether one of our programs is the right fit. If it's not the right match, I'll tell you that directly and point you in a better direction.
Find out what's actually going on.
If you're tired of being told nothing is wrong when you can feel that something is, the next step is a complimentary Depletion Recovery Call. We'll talk through what you're experiencing, what you've already tried, and whether this approach is the right fit for what your body needs right now.