With taboos around fertility lifting, Kin Fertility is here to make the conversation around women’s reproductive health smarter, clearer, and stronger.
Basically, Kin Fertility is building a platform to help guide Aussie women to get the info they need to make empowered choices and become advocates for their own bodies, a mission that is even more vital in an era where men are still pounding the gavels around abortion laws and women’s reproductive rights.
One way they’re empowering people with ovaries is inviting them to take control of their entire pregnancy journey, from conceiving to postpartum, through professional consultations and free support such as their conceiving and pregnancy checklists.
A recent survey conducted by Adelaide University of 850 Aussie women found that none of the women involved were correctly following pregnancy nutrition guidelines, though 61% thought they were, and less than half took pregnancy-specific prenatal vitamins in their first trimester.
In response to those findings, Kin decided to formulate their own prenatal vitamin, to specifically support the baby’s growth and replenish mum’s nutrient deficits during pregnancy.
One of the core differences between Kin Prenatal and other off-the-shelf prenatals, is that Kin uses methylated folate instead of folic acid. Folate, a natural form of vitamin B9, is essential in forming the baby’s neural tube, and therefore helps to prevent major birth defects in the baby’s brain.
Folic acid, the form that most prenatal companies currently on the market use, is a synthetic form of folate and studies have shown that at least 1 in 3 people have a common genetic variant known as the MTHFR gene that makes it difficult to absorb folic acid and therefore reap its benefits, wasting money on cheap ingredients and outdated formulations.
But, by Kin swapping folic acid for methylated folate (essentially the more natural form of folate), it becomes more readily absorbable so both mum and bub can enjoy its strengths.
Not only that but Kin’s prenatal formulations are also packed with 12 key ingredients in premium, bioavailable (a fancy word for highly-absorbable) forms, while omitting any nasties like GMO ingredients, artificial colours, gluten, and other major allergens—so you can be confident that you’re putting the really good stuff into your body, in order to create one.
These bioavailable ingredients have another huge plus: they’re gentle on the tummy, minimising side effects like nausea, constipation, upset stomachs, and those god-awful fishy burps.
So if you’re hoping to get pregnant now or even in the future, start building your kin and save up to 19% when you subscribe here.
Image credit: Kin Fertility
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