Before pregnancy even starts, there's a window that quietly shapes a lot of what comes next, and most of us never hear about it. This episode is part of the Trimester 0 preconception podcast festival, and I'm sitting down with Kelly Moline, PharmD, the pharmacist and functional medicine practitioner behind the Moline Method. We get into how she combines her knowledge as a pharmacist with her functional medicine expertise, what actually matters about folate timing, how gut health and thyroid function connect, whether all that lab testing is really necessary, and what her patients almost always assume is fine when it isn't. If you're even thinking about trying in the next year, or just curious about the science, this one's for you.

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Links:

Moline Method Website: https://molinemethod.com/

Functional Medicine for Moms (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/2xfnGf8367wtHEuXp4BJQs?si=73e3c9c627ef490d

Functional Medicine for Moms (Apple): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/functional-medicine-for-moms-first-time-parents-navigating/id1821035310

Kelly’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/functionalmedicineformoms

Preparing for Pregnancy Guide: https://molinemethod.com/fertility

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