Boosting Your Immune System During Pregnancy

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The immune system is complex, and there is a lot of research on how different nutrients impact it. Before you buy any supplements, please make sure you are already prioritizing covering the basics, including eating healthy, sleep, hydration, and exercise. No amount of immune-boosting supplements or superfoods will make up for the basics you need to keep your immune system running effectively. If you have these basics in place, you may want to consider additional supplements to boost your immune system.

This episode is an overview of the risks, benefits, safety, and evidence available on the ability of many vitamins, herbs, and supplements to boost your immune system during pregnancy. As always, please talk to your doctor or midwife about any supplements you consider. That includes any herbs or over-the-counter vitamins or supplements.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In this episode we are talking
0:17.6	about boosting your immune system. So if you haven't heard the episode on supporting
0:22.4	your immune system, I really
0:23.8	encourage you to go back and listen to that episode. Because that episode we
0:28.2	covered the basics that you have to have in place to support your immune
0:32.2	system.
0:33.4	And no amount of immune boosting supplements or super foods or tactics are going to make up for those
0:39.1	basics that you need to keep your immune system running effectively.
0:44.0	Digging into research on vitamins and supplements is one of the more tough subjects to look
0:49.8	into and I could easily do an entire episode on each of the immune boosting supplements that we're going to talk about today.
0:57.0	This episode is going to be an overview of the risks, the benefits, and the evidence available on these, and of course the safety during pregnancy.
1:05.7	As always, please talk to your doctor or midwife about any supplements that you are considering
1:11.2	taking.
1:12.2	That includes anything that's herbal, anything over the
1:14.8	counter, any additional vitamins, medications, anything you're taking you want to make sure that
1:20.3	you talk about it with your doctor or midwife. You can see the full article and
1:25.1	all of the resources that accompany this episode at pregnancy podcast.com slash
1:31.9	Boost. You are currently listening to the public feed of the
1:36.0	podcast. You can become a pregnancy podcast premium member by going to
1:41.3	pregnancy podcast dotcom slash premium and get access to the entire
1:47.0	back catalog. You're going to get a copy of the Your Birth Plan book when you sign up
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