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11/09/2025

10/24/2025

Based on a Duke University study published in Science Advances in 2019, growing a baby is energetically comparable to or more demanding than running a marathon every day for 9 months. The study found that pregnancy pushes the human body to its metabolic limits over a long duration, in a way that is similar to elite endurance events but sustained for much longer.

Energy costs during pregnancy:

Pregnancy is an extreme feat of endurance because the body works constantly to grow a new human, even at rest.

📑Total calories: Pregnancy requires an additional 50,000 dietary calories over nine months. The mother’s body provides 96% of this energy.

📑Cardiovascular demand: To support the growing baby, a woman’s blood volume can increase by 30 to 50 percent, and her heart rate increases by 10 to 15 beats per minute.

📑Metabolic demands: The body’s resting energy use can rise by up to 30%, meaning it works much harder even when stationary. While a marathon is a discrete event, pregnancy is a continuous process of biological transformation. The comparison highlights the total metabolic output over the long term. A woman’s heart, lungs, and metabolism work overtime every day for nine months, making pregnancy one of the most intense and sustained physical challenges a human body can undergo.

SOURCE: https://www.therunningweek.com/post/growing-a-baby-takes-more-energy-than-running-marathons-for-9-months-straight

10/12/2025

Have you thought of doing a tincture instead of the capsules?! We do that too.
Contact us to get your placenta processed after delivery!

08/28/2025

Chill birth vibes for a sweet family waiting on baby boy to arrive soon

08/26/2025

The simple truth that can help every mom remember to give herself grace 🌸

08/26/2025

A scientist is helping uncover the role of the immune system in endometriosis—while managing the disease herself.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/4lIfl5e

08/11/2025

Placenta Tinctures! Great add on to encapsulation, that helps continue your postpartum healing after the pills have been used up.
Great for Cesarean mamas to help with the 18month long journey of postpartum recovery and scar tissue healing. We look forward to helping you on your healing process- Call us today!

07/26/2025

A recent Spur of the moment Placenta encapsulation order! Congrats Mikah & Aaron on your sweet baby girl 🤱🏽 many blessings into parenthood

07/09/2025

Last week, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released its annual Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review report. The 2025 multi-year report describes maternal mortality and demographic characteristics of women in Missouri from 2018-2022.

On average, 70 women in Missouri died while they were pregnant or within one year after their pregnancy each year from 2018 to 2022. The most deaths happened in 2020, with a total of 85 deaths recorded that year.

From 2018-2022 (350 deaths total):

📊 The pregnancy-related mortality ratio (PRMR) was 32.3 deaths per 100,000 live births.

🤱🏾 The PRMR for Black women was 2.5 times the ratio of white women. This is a continued decline from the previous three reports.

➡ The PAMR Board determined that 80% of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable.

🧠 Mental health conditions were the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related deaths, followed by cardiovascular diseases. The PAMR Board determined that all pregnancy-related deaths due to mental health conditions, including substance use disorder (SUD), were preventable.

🏡 Women living in micropolitan counties had the highest ratio of pregnancy-related deaths (38.7 per 100,000 live births).

🔗 https://health.mo.gov/data/pamr/

07/03/2025

Updating the website with new content soon- stay tuned!