Supporting and Boosting Your Immune System During Pregnancy
Pregnancy Podcast
Vanessa Merten
4.5 • 970 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
How the immune system works, how it shifts during pregnancy, and what those changes mean for staying healthy. Learn why the most effective way to support your immune system begins with the core foundations of your health. The episode also examines the evidence on popular immune-support supplements and remedies, including vitamins, probiotics, antioxidants, echinacea, elderberry, and medicinal mushrooms. Plus, how to make sense of all the options so you can determine which supplements may be worth considering and when it makes sense to talk with your doctor or midwife about targeted support.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton. |
| 0:10.7 | Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. |
| 0:15.4 | In today's episode, we're talking about supporting and boosting your immune system during pregnancy. |
| 0:21.8 | We will cover how the immune system works, how it shifts when you're pregnant, |
| 0:27.0 | and what those changes mean for staying healthy. |
| 0:30.6 | You will learn why the most effective way to support your immune system starts with core foundations, |
| 0:37.4 | like sleep, nutrition, hydration, |
| 0:39.8 | exercise, and stress management. I will also examine the evidence on popular immune support |
| 0:47.3 | supplements and remedies. We will cover vitamins and minerals, probiotics, antioxidants, |
| 0:57.1 | things like echinacea and elderberry. |
| 1:03.8 | Most importantly, we will explore how to make sense of all of your options so you can determine which supplements may be worth considering and when it makes sense to talk to |
| 1:09.8 | your doctor, midwifewife about targeted support. |
| 1:13.1 | You can find the full article and all of the resources for this episode at |
| 1:19.4 | Pregnancy Podcast.com slash immune system. Zaller goes above and beyond in formulating their prenatal plus DHA. It's made with |
| 1:32.1 | high quality ingredients like the active form of folate, bioavailable iron, and essential nutrients like |
| 1:39.1 | omega-3s. I am very excited to share that the Zoller pre-needal vitamins are now available at your local sprouts farmers market. |
| 1:48.7 | Of course, you can also order it online and in the month of November 2025, save 35% with the code pre-pod 35 on Amazon. |
| 2:04.9 | You can always check out the vitamin and see the current promo code anytime at Pregnancypodcast.com slash vitamin or find the Zoller pre-needle plus DHA at your |
| 2:16.2 | local sprouts. |
| 2:25.3 | Wink Stories for Better Bedtimes is a podcast with a collection of bedtime stories designed to help your little one relax and create calming, mindful moments of connection. |
| 2:30.8 | There are no ads, no interruptions, and each episode is just 15 minutes or less. It's time to discover a better bedtime. |
| 2:40.6 | Subscribe to Wink Stories for Better Bedtimes wherever you listen to podcasts. |
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