Using herbs during pregnancy and lactation

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I was recently commissioned to develop a range of nutritional and herbal products to support and optimize the health of pregnant and lactating women. This project allowed me to not only research public and practitioner assumptions about herbal medicine during these life stages, and the overlooked nutritional and health considerations for expectant or new mothers, but also preemptively assess social and behavioral changes we are currently experiencing, including disruptions to food supply that…