The Benefits of Prenatal Vitamins for You & Baby From Start to Finish

Welcome to the fourth trimester, i.e. the post-natal stage—the window of time after your baby is born that feels like it’s simultaneously dragging by and going in the blink of an eye. We don’t have to explain the importance of taking care of yourself during this stage, and because you have *so* much on your plate these days, we’re making it easy.

After all that hard work, your baby is here! But don’t toss the prenatal vitamins just yet. In recognition of World Breastfeeding Week, let’s talk about all your nutritional needs during the breastfeeding stage.

Having a strong and healthy gut is important for both mom and baby. If the mom has a poor diet high in processed foods, little fruits and vegetables, drinks coffee, each of these items alters the good bacteria inside our systems, which is passed down to the baby.

Conventional wisdom used to have it that the postpartum period was a joyous, magical time for all mothers—maybe with a dash of sleep deprivation and spit-up thrown in.