Do You Need a Probiotic During Pregnancy?
MothersBabies Newsletter: DO YOU NEED A PROBIOTIC DURING PREGNANCY? 23/9/2024 To view the newsletter, click hereProbiotics are everywhere… Walk into your local supermarket and you’ll probably be able to pick up some kind of broad spectrum probiotic with an array of alleged health benefits… As for taking a probiotic during pregnancy…where’s the science at? Do […]
Top Factors Impacting Your Gut Health
MothersBabies Newsletter: TOP FACTORS IMPACTING YOUR GUT HEALTH 16/9/2024 To view the newsletter, click hereTHERE IS NO SIMPLE FIX FOR YOUR GUT HEALTH! And don’t believe anyone who tells you otherwise… We see headlines like “Drink *This* and Cure your Gut Problems” or “The One Thing Everyone Should Eat for a Healthy Gut”… But, the […]
Healthy Foods to Avoid When Pregnant
MothersBabies Newsletter: HEALTHY FOODS TO AVOID WHEN PREGNANT 2/9/2024 To view the newsletter, click here Most people know about the soft cheese and wine ban during pregnancy, but there are some lesser-known, equally risky foods, that you should also be avoiding during pregnancy… Maybe it’s because these foods are commonly considered ‘healthy’, or maybe it’s because some of […]
Your Pregnancy Diet Matters
MothersBabies Newsletter: YOUR PREGNANCY DIET MATTERS 26/8/2024 To view the newsletter, click here The ‘pregnancy diet’ lists we get given by the GP tend to focus mainly on what NOTto eat… no soft cheese, no sashimi, no wine etc etc… And, without a doubt, this is all super important… But, what we find often, is […]
Fertility and the Male Microbiome
MothersBabies Newsletter: Fertility and the Male Microbiome 19/8/2024 To view the newsletter, click here It’s only been quite recently that science has uncovered the importance of the microbiome for male fertility…. Whilst we’ve known for a while that a guy’s semen is a gracious host to its own party of microbes, very little research had […]
BABIES ON THE BRAIN? This is for you…
MothersBabies Newsletter: BABIES ON THE BRAIN?This is for you… 12/8/2024 To view the newsletter, click here It’s all a bit weird really. We spend a hell-of-a-lot of time learning how to avoid pregnancy, but almost no time learning how to successfully fall pregnant, how to nurture ourselves through our pregnancy, or about the power we […]
Rewrite Your Pre-Pregnancy Checklist
MothersBabies Newsletter: REWRITE YOUR PRE-PREGNANCY CHECKLIST 5/8/2024 To view the newsletter, click here Does your Pre-Pregnancy Checklist look something like this? Steady job ✅Committed partner ✅Purchased house ✅Travelled world ✅Ready to reduce partying lifestyle ✅ At MothersBabies we’d like to challenge you to think beyond the traditional checklist… We want you to think about your […]
It Takes Two: Male Fertility
MothersBabies Newsletter: It Takes Two: Male Fertility 8/7/2024 To view the newsletter, click here Is it taking longer than you’d hoped for that pregnancy test to show up positive? Even though it’s considered normal for it to take up to one year (for women under 35 years old), it is likely that you will start […]
Is Lactobacillus the Key to a Healthy Pregnancy?
MothersBabies Newsletter: Is Lactobacillus the Key to a Healthy Pregnancy? 1/7/2024 To view the newsletter, click here Your microbiome is affected by many external factors, some of which you may be able to optimise with a few small lifestyle changes, or choices, along the way. What you choose to eat has a huge impact on […]
Read This Before You Get Pregnant
MothersBabies Newsletter: READ THIS BEFORE YOU GET PREGNANT 17/6/2024 To view the newsletter, click here If you’re someone who has always planned to have children at some point in your life, chances are that you’ve been quietly preparing in the background, even if it’s years off… A classic ‘pre-pregnancy’ checklist might look something like this… […]