YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM SHIFTS DURING PREGNANCY...And environmental Chemicals may affect that balance

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]So, today I want to talk about endocrine disruptors and uh pregnancy and the immune system during pregnancy as well as managing inflammation. So, endocrine disruptors are uh chemicals that have been shown to disrupt the endocrine system, so the hormones. And it's not limited to sex hormones as I've discussed in in other videos, but uh things like the thyroid or uh blood sugar and control, those are also under the influence of hormones. But, what they've also found is that endocrine disruptors can affect the immune system function. And this is really important during pregnancy because once uh someone becomes pregnant, the body needs to modify immune function because, first of all, you need to be able to protect this this developing baby who is not uh self because it is they are a combination of um two different sets of genetic material. So, you have to make sure that the immune system um isn't uh privy to that to some degree, um but also you have to make sure that the immune system is functioning because you don't want to be vulnerable to infections, uh and you don't want an overactive immune system. You know, you want like everything to just kind of just be chill, but uh functioning when it needs to. So, the issue now that they found is that endocrine disruptors can affect immune function, especially in uh pregnancy. So, that can affect uh fetal development, it can affect the way that the pregnancy progresses, and um it can also affect inflammation levels during pregnancy, which can also affect immune system. So, that kind of underlines the importance of making sure that prior to pregnancy and during that, you know, you're looking for uh cleaner products, for lack of a better word. So, the importance of um consuming uh organic whenever possible and having, you know, a really good balanced diet as well as avoiding any sort of endocrine disrupting chemicals in your personal care products, which will also carry on to when you do have your baby and you're also still continuing to avoid such chemicals. So, I know it was a little bit longer today, but I hope that was helpful and yeah, have a great day.