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The Connection Between Digestive Health and Postpartum Recovery
Nobody prepared you for what happens to your digestion after you have a baby. And the way your gut recovers — or doesn’t — has a direct bearing on how all of your postpartum healing unfolds. Here’s the connection nobody makes explicit.
Your Gut Is Running Your Hormones. Here's What That Means for You
There’s a good chance nobody has ever connected these two things for you: your gut and your hormones. They seem unrelated. They are not. Your gut is one of the most powerful drivers of your hormonal health, and here’s exactly why.
If you’re thinking about having a baby, the conversation you’re probably having with your doctor goes something like this: start a prenatal vitamin, cut out alcohol, call us when you get a positive test. That’s extraordinarily incomplete. Here’s what real preconception preparation looks like.