#supplements

Magnesium glycinate, three grams of standalone glycine, and vitamin C at 9:30 PM for a 10:15 sleep onset. The glycine being separate is the detail that matters.

What I take with lunch, and the shorter optional set at dinner. Some of this is well-supported and some of it is a bet — the two are not the same and I try not to present them as such.

Most prenatals skip DHA. This one delivers 480 mg in the well-absorbed triglyceride form, the omega-3 your baby's brain is built from.

A simple D3 softgel to top up toward the 1,000–2,000 IU range many providers target in pregnancy, in the form your body actually uses.

Choline is the nutrient nearly every prenatal under-doses. This adds a meaningful amount, plus inositol, which has a signal for gestational-diabetes risk.

A prenatal that actually nails the forms that matter, methylfolate, bisglycinate iron, iodine, and D3, and is third-party certified.

A standalone, non-constipating iron for when labs show you need more than your prenatal provides, in the gentle bisglycinate form.

The gentle, well-absorbed magnesium for pregnancy's constipation, leg cramps, and restless sleep, without the laxative hit of cheaper forms.

The two fats you have to eat, the balance between them that modern food broke, and why I take fish oil and feed my dogs sardines.

What has happened to our food, and why filling the gaps is not a lack of faith