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Optimal nutrition before, during, and after pregnancy is essential to support maternal health and provides the best possible foundation for foetal and infant development.

The physical demands of pregnancy greatly increase the requirements for nutrients. Studies consistently conclude that many pregnant women do not meet the recommended intake of several essential nutrients. The role of comprehensive prenatal supplementation is well established, with multi-nutrient formulations shown to support positive maternal and foetal outcomes.

Inflammation

Inflammation plays an essential role in pregnancy and although needed to some level, too much inflammation can contribute to pre-eclampsia, miscarriage, premature labour, intrauterine growth restriction, gestational diabetes and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring (linked to maternal immune activation).

Managing inflammation during pregnancy is an essential part of maintaining overall health and can be achieved through:

Nutrition

Physical Activity

Adequate sleep

Stress reduction

Supporting gut health

Gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes mellitus is glucose intolerance of varying severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy, typically diagnosed in the second or third trimester.

In mid to late pregnancy, placental hormones (human placental lactogen, progesterone and cortisol) increase insulin resistance to increase glucose delivery to the foetus. Gestational diabetes occurs when the maternal pancreas cannot compensate with sufficient insulin secretion.

Gestational diabetes increases the risk of

Pre-eclampsia
Caesarean delivery
Higher long-term risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome
Large birth weight of the infant
Birth trauma
Neonatal hypoglycaemia
Respiratory distress
A higher risk of diabetes development later in life

Tyroid function

In pregnancy, there is an increased demand for thyroid hormones to support foetal neural development. The increase in human growth hormone stimulates the suppression of TSH and an increase in T4 production. Iodine requirement increases by 50% to facilitate the increased thyroid hormone production.

Thyroid antibodies are also a concern during pregnancy and if raised, can also lead to miscarriage, premature birth and postpartum thyroiditis.

Risks of insufficient thyroid function during pregnancy:

Miscarriage

Pre-eclampsia

Premature birth

Impaired foetal neurodevelopment

Diet goals per trimester

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Pregnancy Multinutrient

Pregnancy doesn't create new nutritional needs. It amplifies existing ones.

Your client's body is building another human and protecting its own health simultaneously. Our nutritionists formulated this with every ingredient doing a job, at pregnancy-specific doses. Before conception, throughout pregnancy and after. No fillers. No additives.