In today's episode, we're talking about why pregnant women need on average 30mg of elemental iron per day. This is 2x what their body normally requires. In some women iron requirements can increase by eight fold during the 2nd and 3rd trimester. This is to meet the new demands of extra blood volume, the growing baby and the placenta. Prenatal vitamins can rarely make up for these needs as there are too many other minerals, calcium being the main one competing for absorption. It may also be that the form of iron in that prenatal is not well utilized by the body. Making sure iron levels are sufficient and that chronic stressors are managed efficiently can be a powerful means of promoting pre and post-natal brain development. Be sure to get your iron and ferritin levels checked to make sure they are optimal, even if they were normal in the 1st trimester.

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