B vitamins are needed for the healthy function of your nervous system and for the proper development of your baby's nervous system. B vitamins are your basics for stress management and energy production. Folate is vital for brain health and plays key roles in mental and emotional health. Folate (folic acid) is now widely recommended for healthy pregnancy...

Your immune system is automatically down-regulated during pregnancy, so that your immune system does not reject your baby. This means that you should seek to minimize your exposure to sick people and should make everyone in your household practice good hygiene and hand washing.Various nutrients can naturally support efficient immune function to assist you...

When you feel in balance, you know it! You have good energy, mood, and stress tolerance and just feel like yourself. Your female hormone system requires tremendous energy to function healthfully. Female hormones are derived from adrenal hormone precursors, and thyroid hormone governs the rate at which both adrenal hormones and female hormones are...

Fibromyalgia essentially means that your muscles hurt too much, you have too much fatigue, you don't sleep well, you run out of gas and start hurting doing what many others consider normal activity, you have very poor stress tolerance, and your nerves feel wound up like a cat on a hot tin roof. Your ability to exercise and get a good response to exercise...

Cellulite is an irregular change in the structure of your skin, also involving changes in the fatty layers under your skin, which result in a dimpled orange peel or cottage cheese appearance. Problems occur mostly on the buttocks or thighs, and can also appear in the abdominal or pelvic regions. Onset for women is any time after puberty, with the tendency...

It is a national tragedy that our food supply is contaminated with PCBs (courtesy of Monsanto, Westinghouse, General Electric, and others) and the rocket ignition fuel compound known as perchlorate (courtesy of the military). Both toxins accumulate in breast tissue and find their way into breast milk. Furthermore, PCBs cross the placenta during pregnancy....

A new study by Yale researchers shows for the first time that progesterone during pregnancy directly prevents a common cause of pre-term delivery. The researchers found that progesterone helped the fetal membrane tolerate inflammation, enabling it to maintain integrity. Failure of the fetal membrane accounts for 1/3 of premature deliveries.

Getting enough DHA during pregnancy is vital for the future health of your child. Not getting enough can mean stress intolerance, poor mood, and set the stage for postpartum depression.

Managing stress levels throughout pregnancy is one of the most important things a mother can do to set her baby up for developmental success.

Pregnant women who consumed 400 mg per day of Omega 3 DHA had children with better functioning immune systems.

Discover the most important nutrients that help to improve fertility.

Proper health preparation prior to and during pregnancy has a profound affect on the future health of the child. The “fetal programming” that takes place is especially involved with energy regulation, formation of metabolic “hardware,” and the likelihood of obesity during childhood or even adulthood.

Epigenetics: intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) modifies the histone code along the rat hepatic IGF-1 gene.

How Progesterone Prevents Preterm Birth

Probiotics May Help Ward Off Obesity: Study In Pregnant Women

Effects of high-fat diet exposure during fetal life on type 2 diabetes development in the progeny.

Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children

Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis in the First Trimester of Pregnancy