Dr. Melanie Hudson, ND Naturopathic Doctor

08/03/2025

Another household favorite we keep stocked at — these chewable kids probiotics! 🧡⁠
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When the box is empty, you know it’s been well used and well loved.⁠
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Gentle on little tummies and great tasting — making daily gut support easy and enjoyable for kids (and stress-free for parents).⁠
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📦✨ A box gone = a box that’s done its job!⁠
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08/02/2025

08/01/2025

🤱 It’s World Breastfeeding Week ✨
(August 1–7)

This global campaign celebrates, protects, and supports breastfeeding — while raising awareness of the benefits for both babies and parents.

This year’s theme, “Create Sustainable Support Systems,” reminds us how essential it is to provide consistent, informed, and supporting care — from pregnancy through postpartum and beyond.

At Hudson Integrative Healthcare, we’re proud to walk alongside parents at every stage of their journey. Our naturopathic doctors, chiropractors, osteopathic manual practitioners, and registered psychotherapists offer care that supports not only feeding but the whole-body and emotional healing that’s essential during pregnancy and postpartum. 💛

Whether you're breastfeeding, pumping, combination feeding, or navigating challenges — you're not alone. We're here to support you with compassion and from experience.

📍 Hudson Integrative Healthcare
7 King St. E
Stoney Creek, ON
📞 905-662-0045
🌐 www.hihhealthcare.ca

07/30/2025

It’s my last week in clinic before starting a short maternity leave! 🩵👶

As I step away to welcome our newest little family member, I want to thank my amazing patients and community for all your kind words and support.

This is just a brief pause — I’ll be returning to both in-person care and telemedicine (phone/video) no later than January 2026. I'm already looking forward to reconnecting and continuing your care with fresh perspective and lots of baby snuggles in the meantime.

Wishing you all a healthy and peaceful rest of 2025.

We have a team of six naturopathic doctors in total, you'll be in great hands while I'm off!

07/29/2025

Baby gifts from my lovely patient C.C. 💕🙏🤩

07/28/2025

Ongoing training is part of the job.

As healthcare professionals, staying current with essential skills like CPR is part of the standards we need to follow in our professions and just one of the ways we ensure we’re prepared for anything that may need us.

Sunny, my Osteopathic Manual Practitioner colleague, and I updated our CPR certifications today — always good to get a refresher in these basic lifesaving skills!

07/23/2025

Planning a VBAC often means carrying a whole invisible load behind the scenes:

🔍 Researching providers and hospital policies
🫀 Healing from a past birth
📑 Gathering records, writing a birth plan (and a backup one)
🤹‍♀️ Balancing emotional prep, physical work, and logistics
💬 Explaining your decision to people who don’t always get it

This mental, emotional, and logistical weight is real—and you’re not alone in it. If you're carrying it right now, we see you. 💛

07/23/2025

This afternoon, I put locally purchased cherries and peaches into the juicer to make fresh cherry and peach juice for the kids—and saved the skins and pulp to make morning glory muffins.

It was a complete mess. Flour everywhere. Raw dough on sticky toddler fingers. But it was totally worth it. These muffins turned out delicious!!!!

Soft, sweet, and packed with goodness—a little reminder that beautiful things can come from chaos (and kitchen scraps). 💛

Here’s the recipe I put together if you want to try:

🧁 Cherry Peach Morning Muffins
Makes 12 small muffins

Wet:
– 2 farm fresh eggs
– 1/3 cup avocado oil
– 1/3 cup maple syrup
– 1/4 cup plain organic Greek yogurt
– 1 tsp vanilla extract
– 1 cup finely chopped cherry and peach skins

Dry:
– 1 1/2 cups organic all-purpose flour
– 1/4 cup freshly ground flaxseed
– 1/2 cup brown sugar
– 1 tsp baking soda
– 1 tsp cinnamon
– 1/4 tsp nutmeg

Grease muffin tin with organic butter.
Bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 20 minutes, or until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.

Serve warm with butter!

Estimated Nutrition per Muffin:
Calories: ~180 kcal
Carbs: 26 g
Fat: 7 g
Protein: 4 g
Fiber: 4 g

07/21/2025

Some of my absolute favorite toddler purchases 💛

✔️ Elk and Friends Mason Jar Sippy + Straw Cups
✔️ SUBO Food Bottles

Both are reusable, made from clean, non-toxic materials, and most importantly — easy to clean 🙌

The Elk & Friends cups are perfect for water or milk, and the silicone sleeves help with grip and prevent breakage. And the straws stay in the jar (my toddlers love to throw straws on the floor).

The SUBO bottles are genius for mess-free yogurt, applesauce, smoothies, and purees — no squeezing, no spills! And less pre-packaged foods.

Love finding products that make life a little easier and help reduce waste 💚 and are guilt-free for crunchy mommas like myself. 😅👌

07/19/2025

We have to get to know our farmers directly.

07/18/2025

👀✨ Have you spotted the new addition at the clinic?
Our "Meet the Team" hallway photo wall is officially up!

Patients this week have been doing double takes — and we’ve loved hearing your reactions. One patient today even suggested we have each team member sign their photo because they look like celebrities. 🤣

Now you can put a face to every name, and get to know the incredible practitioners and staff who make up the Hudson Integrative Healthcare family. ❤️

Come take a peek next time you’re in — we’re so proud to showcase our amazing team in the space we call home.

07/17/2025

The countdown is on… ⏳🤰
Only 2 weeks left before I begin my maternity leave!

I’ve been enjoying helping patients get organized, planning ahead for their continued progress, and reconnecting with those I haven’t seen in a little while. It’s such a rewarding way to wrap up this chapter before baby arrives. 🧡

There are still a few spots left — both in-person and telemedicine — if you’ve been meaning to check in, review results, or start a plan before I’m off. Let’s connect while we can!

I’ll be returning to practice in January 2026, offering both in-person visits at the clinic and telemedicine appointments from my home office. The online calendar is already open for New Year bookings if you'd like to plan ahead.

In the meantime, my colleagues are ready to pick up where we've left off!

📍 Hudson Integrative Healthcare
7 King St. E, Stoney Creek, ON
📞 905-662-0045
🌐 www.hihhealthcare.ca