Episode 17: An Autoimmune Paleo Pregnancy

This episode of the Phoenix Helix podcast covers all aspects of pregnancy when you have autoimmune disease, from pre-pregnancy nutrition, to what to expect with each trimester, to answering the question of why it's so hard to stay paleo while pregnant. I have two wonderful guests joining me: Mikaela Morgan Guimaraes has Crohn's disease and is 7 months pregnant; she's sharing her personal experience. Samantha McClellan is a birth doula, educating us from the professional perspective. We'll also be talking about how hormones affect autoimmune disease expression and why some people go into remission during pregnancy, while others flare.