- Is it normal to become mildly obsessed
with all things pregnancy and labor
in the nine months of pregnancy?
My sister did not read one book.
Pfff,
and I found that's like a 50/50 split.
Some people are like, "Ah, everything will be fine,"
and other people need to know everything about everything.
If you're on that needing to know everything
about everything, welcome aboard the crazy train!
Toot toot!
I'm sharing with you something that I learned
that I'm so glad that I knew about
for pregnancy symptoms and setting baby up for success.
The first trimester is basically just
a giant Google fest where Google learns
to just finish your searches with while pregnant.
So like, can I eat crab meat while pregnant?
Can I go on roller coasters while pregnant?
Can I use this essential oil while pregnant?
Can I keep taking my probiotics while pregnant?
(bell rings) This is the one.
This is the one I want to talk to you about.
What do you know about taking probiotics while pregnant?
Well, if you're interested, I'm about to tell you
all the things, and if you love it,
stay tuned, because we're doing a giveaway.
I actually feel like the high school kid
that has the answer to the exam months before the test
and I want to share that all with you,
something that I wouldn't have done in high school.
Before I even got pregnant, I was taking
probiotics by LoveBug because I know
how important probiotics are for digestion
and gut health and immunity.
When I found out I was pregnant, cue Google searching,
can I keep taking probiotics while pregnant?
LoveBug has a prenatal and a postnatal,
so it's not only okay to take probiotics
but it's important.
So I partnered with them.
My favorite part about partnering
with giveaways, I get access to their team
and I get to pick their brains so I geeked out
with all of the women and mamas at LoveBug
and learned all of the things
and now I get to share them with you
and do a giveaway.
Okay, so we're going to talk about pregnancy,
labor and delivery, and then once baby's here
and how probiotics can help with all of that.
Let's start with pregnancy.
You either know or you will know
that pregnancy symptoms sound like
a newly-developed drug commercial.
Symptoms may include nausea, restless leg syndrome,
hemorrhoids, constipation, diarrhea,
itchy skin, heartburn, round ligament pain.
The list goes on and on and on.
Because our organs are literally being squished
and rearranged, we've got lots
of digestive things happening.
I bet you see where I'm going here.
Probiotics can help.
Probiotics and a balanced diet with some pregnancy cravings
help to improve nutrient absorption
and to work with your digestive system
instead of against it.
Probiotics help when it's a little bit slow,
constipation, help when things are a little bit fast,
diarrhea, by creating a balanced environment in the gut.
Cool!
But when you're pregnant, it's not just about mom.
It's about baby, so what happens
with probiotics in the baby?
When we take probiotics for our gut biome,
it has a positive effect on the gut biome
of our unborn baby.
Pfff.
Did you know that about 80% of our immune system
starts in our gut?
Didn't know, now you know.
So we're kind of hookin' it up for baby's
digestive and immune system before they're even born.
You're welcome.
All right, so we've got pregnancy symptoms,
we've got baby while they're still in the belly.
Let's talk about labor, the labor part,
the part where you get baby from inside to outside.
Have you heard of the group B strep test?
I like to call it the booty swab test.
Yeah, I hadn't either until I geeked out
with the LoveBug team.
It's one of our routine tests that we need to do
in the third trimester, about 36 weeks.
Group B strep is a bacteria in your lower gut
that's fine for adults,
but can be harmful for babies.
If you test positive, you'll be given antibiotics
in the hospital during labor to protect the baby
from getting the strain.
Seems reasonable.
The problem is antibiotics are ruthless.
They don't care if you're good bacteria or bad bacteria.
They just wipe you all out,
so there's a potential that while you're given
antibiotics during labor, your good bacteria
and your baby's good bacteria are wiped clean,
and the good bacteria, if you remember,
is good for your immune system
and your digestive system.
So we've got 25% of moms testing positive
for group B, and in some places,
30% of moms having a cesarean where they also have
antibiotics given to them during labor.
That means that half of the babies
born in the U.S. are exposed to antibiotics
coming into this world, but guess what?
There are some studies that show
that taking probiotics with a balanced diet
can help to create a healthy digestive tract
throughout pregnancy and can positively affect
your booty swab test.
This is why LoveBug was founded,
because the CEO tested positive for group B strep,
had antibiotics during labor,
and then was like, "Whoa, wait, what?"
And Lovebug was created.
All right, we've done pregnancy symptoms,
we've done pregnancy of baby,
we've done labor and delivery.
Now your baby's here.
How do you continue to support your baby's
digestive and immune system?
♪ Mother's milk. ♪
If mom breastfeeds, no shame in your game
if you're not or you can't.
We don't mom shame here.
You've done a lot during pregnancy
to set your baby up for success.
They also have probiotics specifically for babies,
but the breast milk can help to support
the baby's immune system.
Breast milk is kind of amazing.
It makes different milk during the day
than it does during the night.
If your baby is sick, it will make antibiotics
to help it through its illness
and it gives your babies vitamins
and strains of probiotics.
It's pretty insane.
There's one super strain called B. Infantis
and when it's combined with breast milk,
it forms short-chain fatty acids
that help to build healthy immune system
and brain development for baby.
However, 75% of us don't make it naturally
because of our modern diet and because
of our exposure to antibiotics.
So, obvi, LoveBug included it in their multi-strain
probiotic for moms and babies.
If you're still here, you are my freaking people.
You're the ones that want to know all the things.
I hope that this information helps you
with your pregnancy, your booty swab test,
and the health of your baby.
For me, it was super easy to just add a probiotic
and know that I was doing all of these things,
so let's talk about this giveaway.
There's going to be two winners,
you and another mama friend are going to win
four months' worth of probiotics.
If you want to enter the giveaway,
go over to my Instagram, Living on a One Way,
find this video, follow me, follow LoveBug,
comment on the photo with where you are
in your pregnancy or how old your baby is,
and then tag another mom that would like
to learn all the things.
Your friend that you tag has to follow
all the rules for you both to win.
I hope this was helpful for you.
I hope that you nerded out just as hard as I did.
Thank you so much for watching!