The Gut-Baby Connection: What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know

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🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Your gut isn’t just about digestion — it’s shaping your baby’s health from the very first bite! In this episode, we uncover the surprising ways your gut impacts baby’s immune system, brain development, and even lifelong wellness. From what to eat each trimester, to testing negative for Group B Strep, to preparing your body for birth and postpartum recovery — we’re covering the gut secrets every pregnant mom needs to know. Here’s What You’ll Learn in This Episode: 1:01 – Your gut = your ...

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0:00.0	Eating high protein has been proven for many, many, many years now to eliminate things like
0:06.8	gestational diabetes or preeclampsia and completely prevent them. So you do have power in that
0:12.9	regard. If you can make protein and getting enough protein your highest priority for your
0:18.9	nutrition during pregnancy, that is going to be one of the most important,
0:22.6	wonderful things that you can do.
0:28.9	Getting pregnant and giving birth are two of the most exciting things you can ever hope to
0:33.9	experience in this life.
0:35.6	The moment you think you could be pregnant, you're frantically
0:38.0	searching for all the best information, which is why you're here today. I'm Stephanie King, and with
0:43.4	my many years of experience as a professional childbirth educator, doula, and lover of all things,
0:49.3	pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, I'm here to make preparing for your birth enjoyable, empowering, and totally
0:55.9	easy. Each week, I'll cover different topics, interview professionals, and get into the nitty-gritty
1:01.4	birth stories from mamas just like you. And when you're ready for more, you can join me in the
1:06.9	My Essential Birth course at MyEessentialbirth.com, where I take you step by step through
1:12.0	exactly how to prepare your mind, body, spirit, and partner for a birth you love. So let's get
1:18.2	started. All right, let's get started on today's episode. I think we've kind of seen this trend of this being a big conversation right now. And so I'm going to jump on that, but I want to talk about births a little bit. And that is gut health. So nutrition is just blowing up right now. I'm sure you're seeing all kinds of things on your feed if you were a
1:44.8	pregnant mom or if you're a woman at all about nutrition and gut health and your microbiome and all this
1:50.0	stuff. And so I want to talk specifically about the things that we know that evidence is showing us
1:55.4	is so good for us during pregnancy and our growing babies. So let's dive in. And here's kind of why it matters.
2:01.8	Your gut is your baby's gut.
2:04.1	So everything that you are eating and putting into your body or your body is experiencing
2:08.8	in the way of gut health is transferred directly to your baby through that placenta.
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