> [NAUSEA] [[Salt]] is often the most important thing for pregnancy nausea. Two quarts of [[milk]] daily, cheese, [[eggs]], and orange juice, but with anything salty, even sips of salty water first thing in the morning, should stop it. Low [[thyroid]] function, with a low ratio of [[progesterone]] to estrogen, causes the kidneys to be unable to retain [[salt]] efficiently. > [HYPOTHYRODISM DURING PREGNANCY, EFFECT ON OFFSPRING, TREATMENT IN THE 50s] I think a background of [[hypothyroidism]], even when it's compensated by high production of the stress hormones so that the classical symptoms aren't present, is a major factor in reproductive problems, and in increasing susceptibility to injury by toxins, including DES and anesthetics. [[Progesterone]] production depends on good [[thyroid]] function, and as it declines cortisol and other stress hormones increase. > A few doctors at that time [1956] used real [[progesterone]] [[supplements]] during pregnancy, but generally they were much more likely to use a synthetic progestin, or DES or estrogen. > The prenatal environment can imprint a pattern of hormone balance, especially [[hypothyroidism]], that tends to persist until new patterns can be formed, and that usually requires prolonged supplementation and a very good diet. With a good balance of nutrients and [[thyroid]] function, the protective [[progesterone]], [[pregnenolone]] and [[DHEA]] are produced sufficiently to reduce the burden on the adrenal glands. > Gallbladder problems are extremely common in [[hypothyroidism]] [family history], and the compensating stress hormones produce problems with blood [[sugar]] regulation. > [C-SECTION] C-sections, anesthesia, DES, and mechanical attitudes toward pregnancy and nutrition all have their place in the authoritarian medical culture, part of a generally stressful culture. That culture is coherent and self-validating, and escape from it has to be equally systematic to be able to persist. >[ASPIRIN] Aspirin has a good record of safety in pregnancy, paracetamol doesn’t. It became the most commonly used analgesic, displacing aspirin, because of advertising, not science. > [[Aspirin]] has been studied mainly in women with a tendency to miscarry or to develop preeclampsia, and it improved the health of their babies, but I don’t know of any good animal studies that would involve a realistic intermittent use of larger doses. [(Reference)](https://archive.ph/o/OJZkW/https://raypeatforum.com/community/threads/ray-peat-email-advice-depository.1035/page-9%23post-83462) > [Should any of these be avoided during pregnancy: Cynoplus, [[pregnenolone]], [[vitamin K]], topical [[vitamin D]] and A, niacinamide, vitamin B1 and B5, Progest E, coffee with [[milk]] and [[sugar]]?] No.