Womb for Growth was founded by Dr. Colleen Holland in 2001, a chiropractor and physical medicine expert with a functional medicine approach.  She began her career in perinatal and pediatric care; helping families through their transitions of growth. Working with this population, she noticed that many of the challenges that her patients experienced during their reproductive years, pregnancy and post-partum, had a common origin of hormonal imbalance and menstrual suffering. Most discouraging was that her patients were told this was normal. 

In conventional medicine, it seems like no matter the ailment, those with menstrual or fertility problems are only offered 3 treatment options: hormones, antidepressants, and/or surgery. While these options may be appropriate at times, they are by no means a person's only options; Nor are they always the best option.  The lack of good healthcare for all those with a menstruating body and the injustice of their suffering at the hands of ignorance and misogyny inspired Dr. Holland to shift the focus of her practice. She gradually passed the physical medicine to her capable colleagues and grew her functional reproductive practice. 

Today, Dr. Holland provides experienced and unique care to patients all over the world through the live, online platform, Zoom. Her consults combine over two decades of experience and several post-doctoral certifications to bring her patients the best in holistic reproductive healthcare. She teaches those with periods how to chart their menstrual cycles utilizing the Justisse method of fertility awareness.  The information gained by diligent charting of fertile observations and basal body temperature yields extraordinary diagnostic value.  Along with nutrition, homeopathy, botanical and lifestyle medicine, Dr. Holland relies on this valuable information to care for her patients’ unique fertility challenges.  Colleen is an ardent supporter of reproductive freedom and empowerment for all who menstruate.  She delights in helping people to achieve better periods, healthy pregnancies when they want them, and access to effective, health-compatible contraception when they don’t.  

Dr. Holland’s common sense, root cause approach to reproductive challenges include:

• Nutrition and lifestyle education for optimal health and fertility

• Secular, sympto-thermal FAM (fertility awareness method) education by an AFAP certified instructor

• Cycle charting interpretation

• Contraceptive and pre-conceptive planning and education

• Conventional blood, urine, stool and saliva testing

• GI and urogenital microbiome support

• Instruction on pelvic steams and castor oil packs

• Diagnostic imaging when necessary

• Appropriate referrals to qualified practitioners as needed