Dr. Emily LeBlanc ND - Bluebell Natural Medicine

09/03/2025

Check out this awesome event with Muddy Puddle Goat Farm & Healing with Endo 902 💗 what could be more healing than animals and a supportive community? 🥹🐐

Guysborough & Area Endometriosis Support Group presents:
✨ Healing Hooves & Honest Conversations: An Afternoon at the Farm ✨

📍 Muddy Puddle Goat Farm (789 HWY 16, Monastery)
📅 Saturday, September 20th, 2025
🕑 2–4 PM

Join us for an afternoon of connection, support, and of course… goats! 🐐 We’ll spend time with these gentle animals while sharing our experiences and supporting one another.

👩‍🌾 Please wear farm-friendly clothing.

🤝 In partnership with the Antigonish Women's Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association.

🌼 Open to:
• Those living with endometriosis
• Those who suspect they may have it
• Anyone who wants to learn more

This is an inclusive and welcoming space for people from all walks of life. 💛

📩 For more information, message the Healing with Endo 902 page or email cairista@gmail.com.

09/02/2025

📚WELCOME St Fx Students!📚

Fall is my favorite season of all but fall in Antigonish is truly something special. Our small university town grows by about 5,000 students and the excitement and energy is contagious. ✨️

If you are looking for some self care in between studying and classes, we are always here to help. ♡ Acupuncture, cupping, LED Light Therapy, and a targeted preventative treatment plan are all ways to enhance your wellbeing this semester.

Wishing you a fantastic year ahead!✏️🩷

~ Dr. Emily

🪻bluebellnaturalmedicine.janeapp.com
💻www.doctoremily.ca
💌doctor.emily@outlook.com
☎️902-322-3070

08/31/2025

🌸Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of women (190 million women globally), yet it receives significantly less research funding than other chronic health conditions such as diabetes and Crohn's disease.

This highlights the important reality of a historical lack of investment in women's health research.

🔬In 2022, the total US funding for endometriosis was $16 million (~$2 per patient per year).
🔬Also in 2022, Crohn's disease research received $90 million in funding (~$130.07 per patient per year). This is over 65x more per patient than for endometriosis, a female-specific medical condition.
🔬Similar data has been seen for diabetes funding, which far exceeds that of endo.

These three chronic health conditions (endometriosis, diabetes, Crohn's disease) are said to have a similarly high prevalence and impact. The difference is that endometriosis affects women only.

Women deserve adequate funding for a whole-body disease that includes severe pelvic pain, fatigue, and a risk of infertility. 🙌

08/30/2025

Which one is your fave?! 😉

Had to hop on this trend because I'm just so happy for these two! Love is in the air☁️💗✨️

08/26/2025

📣Public Service Announcement - if your Ferritin is drastically low, you need an iron infusion and not a supplement. ✨️

I've seen this scenario so many times..

Patient walks into my office with significant fatigue. We discuss what bloodwork to have done & take a peak at previous bloodwork already done by their provider. Their ferritin a few months ago (or in some cases, a few YEARS ago) was a 4 and they were told to "just pick up an iron supplement at the pharmacy and start taking it". No discussion of dose, form, or re-testing to make sure levels have improved.

They then land in my office months (or sometimes years) after the fact and cannot understand why they are so tired. They think it's a lack of willpower, laziness, or perhaps depression. When in reality, they didn't receive optimal care and should have been sent for an iron infusion and had follow up testing.

Don't let exhaustion take over your life - with the right care, you can be feeling so much better. 🩷

08/26/2025

"We really need to recognize how debilitating endometriosis is. How underfunded endometriosis is. And how hard investigators have to fight to be able to study this disease." ~ Katie Burns

A scientist is helping uncover the role of the immune system in endometriosis—while managing the disease herself.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/4lIfl5e

08/19/2025

Endometriosis is so much more than "just period pain".

It can have life-altering effects, both physically and emotionally. 💛

Sending love to all those battling this invisible illness.

Share this with an endo sister who gets it🫶✨️💜

08/18/2025

Think you may have endo but unsure how to test for it?💛

The gold standard for diagnosis of endometriosis is laparoscopic surgery. Due to the fact that surgery is often needed to confirm endo, SO many women (and young girls who have started menstruating) suffer for years before an investigation is made. Ultrasound and MRI can often appear normal even if endometriosis is present, though endometriomas ("chocolate cysts") can sometimes show up on ultrasound imaging.

CA-125 (cancer antigen 125) is currently the closest thing we have to a blood test to detect endometriosis, but it isn't a perfect test. CA-125 is typically used to assess Ovarian cancer but can sometimes be elevated in those with endometriosis. CA-125 should ideally be used in conjunction with other diagnostic methods or to expedite further investigation.

Questions? Leave them below! Endometriosis is something I see frequently in my practice & is near and dear to my heart🫶💛

08/14/2025

This email from a very sweet patient this morning absolutely made my day 🥹🫶

Skin conditions, including acne, can rob you of your self-esteem. It can make work, relationships, and everyday life so much harder. Being able to help someone gain their confidence back and feel like themselves again will always be one of my greatest joys.

Taylor Swift may have The Life of a Showgirl.. but I have The Life of a Grateful ND who loves her job so much. 🤍🧡✨️

08/05/2025

How amazing does this sound?! 😍 Saṃsāra Yoga Healing Centre

☀️Get ready for a Coastal experience!!! ☀️⚓️

Pack your yoga mat, water and beach bag - we’re taking our yoga practice to the beaches of Antigonish!

On Saturday August 23rd, meet at the studio / Shoppers parking lot for a YOGI BUS TOUR!! Pick up at 11am. Our first stop is MacDonald Beach for an interactive partner yoga session! This Gentle Hatha Acro sequencing will provide the opportunity to connect with like minded yogis while building confidence and trust within our peers.

Following, sample a welcome cocktail and light lunch from . A second yoga class will take place on Arisaig Beach Provincial Park with access to SUP boards for your enjoyment. Option to bring your own!!

Bus will arrive back to the shoppers parking lot at 5pm. You don’t want to miss this summer experience! 🏖️☀️

08/04/2025

🍂Our bookings are now open for Fall! (September + October)🍂

Fall is often busy season as many people scramble to use up their benefits before the end of the year. We recommend booking ahead if you have a preferred date or time.

If you're looking for support with fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, PCOS, perimenopause, skin health, etc - we've got you! 🤍🌿

Book online here: bluebellnaturalmedicine.janeapp.com

07/28/2025

This is SO amazing!✨️🩷