Diastasis recti — what every mother should know about the ab separation nobody talks about
Diastasis recti is one of the most common postpartum conditions in the United States, yet a significant number of women who have it go years without a diagnosis, quietly accepting physical changes from pregnancy as simply part of the package. The condition involves a separation of the abdominal muscles along the midline of the body, […]
Could prenatal nutrition be doing more for your baby’s future than any supplement promises?
Prenatal health begins before the pregnancy test turns positive. The period immediately preceding conception is when the nutritional and physiological environment a pregnancy will develop within is being established. Folate stores, iron levels, thyroid function, and the inflammatory state of the body at conception all influence early embryonic development in ways that no intervention after […]