Preparing for Pregnancy: What Most Couples Miss
Functional Medicine For Moms | First-Time Parents Navigating... by Dr. Kelly Moline, PharmD & Landon Moline
Episode notes
We're talking about something I think most couples are never truly taught: how to actually prepare for pregnancy.
So often, couples are told to “just try” — but fertility, miscarriage risk, pregnancy symptoms, hormones, gut health, stress, and even male fertility all play a role long before a positive test.
We share parts of our own journey, including our miscarriage experience, what we learned afterward, and why preparing your body before pregnancy matters so much more than most people realize.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why fertility is about more than “just trying”
- The surprising role male fertility plays
- How stress, sleep, toxins, blood sugar, and gut health affect conception
- Why many pregnancy symptoms and complications are becoming normalized
- The gap between “try for a year” and ...
Keywords
fertilitytrying to conceive