Is your Immune System shut off during pregnancy? (spoiler: NO)

 Miscarriage and the failure of an embryo to implant are often attributed to issues with an aggressive immune system. Today I'm gonna tell you some stories about your immune system, and in particular how your immune system behaves in pregnancy, TLDR, you could not get pregnant without significant immune activity.Your body is reliant on your immune system to help it manage the development of a genetically distinct person inside the confines of your body. The immune system is important for many different stages of development, and different players are critical at different times. Today we'll focus on the first step in this process. The first meeting of the uterine lining and the embryo. Conversation with Dr. Jan Brosen's about the specific preparation of the uterine lining for pregnancy:  (part 1) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-miscarriage-through-evolutionary-biology/id1779600854?i=1000730772552(part 2) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-uterine-lining-determines-if-and-how-a/id1779600854?i=1000731948247