The Pregnancy Microbiome Perspective

Your digestion, hormones, immune system and gut microbiome are all adapting during pregnancy. Yet finding clear, credible information about what that actually means can be surprisingly difficult.

The Microbiome Perspective: Pregnancy gives you the science to understand how pregnancy can influence your gut, digestion and microbiome. You’ll learn how food, fibre, supplements, stress, sleep and lifestyle fit into the bigger picture. No unnecessary rules.

Just evidence-based information to help you understand your changing body and make more informed decisions.

28 Evidence-based sessions · 2 x Live Group Sessions · Lifetime access to materials · $349 AUD

You hear that you need a probiotic.

That you should avoid certain foods.

That you need more fibre… unless bloating or constipation makes that difficult.

That supplements can support your microbiome.

That stress affects your baby.

That your baby’s microbiome starts with you.

Suddenly, something as ordinary as what to eat, whether to take a supplement, or how to manage a gut symptom feels much more complicated than it used to.

Pregnancy is already a time when your digestion, hormones, immune system and microbiome are changing, but much of the information online treats each of these as separate pieces.

Worse still, microbiome research is often turned into very confident recommendations long before the science justifies them

You see another headline about pregnancy and the microbiome and don't immediately wonder whether you're doing something wrong.

Someone tells you that you need a particular probiotic or supplement, and you know enough to understand what the evidence actually says.

You hear that a food is “good” or “bad” for your microbiome and don't automatically change your diet.

You experience constipation, bloating or changes in digestion and understand why pregnancy itself may be contributing, rather than immediately assuming your gut needs fixing.

You read something about your baby's future microbiome and can put it into perspective without feeling like every decision you make now will determine their future health.

You can be curious about the science without pregnancy becoming another optimisation project.

The Microbiome Perspective: Pregnancy isn’t another program telling you exactly what to eat, what to avoid or which supplements you need.

It’s an evidence-based journey through the science of your changing body, your gut microbiome and the developing biology of your baby.

Across 28 easy-to-follow sessions, I’ll take you through the foundations of digestion and the gut microbiome, then explore what changes during pregnancy, including hormones, immunity, digestion, fibre, food, supplements, stress, sleep and the emerging science around the development of your baby’s microbiome.

You’re not expected to memorise complicated science. You’re learning enough physiology and microbiome science to understand why things are happening, what the evidence actually tells us, and where the science simply isn’t strong enough to make the claims you might see online.

And importantly, you won't be doing it on your own.

You’ll also join me for two live group implementation sessions, where we can unpack the science, discuss the questions it raises and help you put what you’re learning into perspective.

No rigid pregnancy diet. No unnecessary supplement protocol. No pressure to optimise every decision. Just really good science, explained in a way that helps you feel informed, confident and supported.

Pregnancy comes with an extraordinary amount of advice.

Another headline.

Another supplement.

Another food you should eat.

Another food you should avoid.

Another thing that apparently influences your baby’s microbiome.

That isn’t going to stop.

But you can stop feeling like you need to respond to all of it.

When you understand how pregnancy changes your digestion, hormones, immune system and gut microbiome and what we actually know about your baby’s developing microbiome, the information you encounter becomes much easier to put into perspective.

You can start asking better questions: Is this supported by good evidence? Is this relevant to me? Is this something we actually know, or something the science is still figuring out?

Hi, I’m Dr Angela Genoni.

I have a PhD in Human Nutrition, specialising in the gut microbiome, and I’ve spent years researching, teaching and translating complex science into information people can actually understand.

But here’s the important part. I’m not here to sell you a perfect gut!

I’m not going to tell you that one food, supplement, probiotic or morning routine is the answer.

And I’m definitely not interested in making you frightened of your own body so I can sell you the solution.

I want you to understand enough science that you become harder to sell bullshit to.

Because once you understand what’s happening inside you, you don’t need to blindly follow every new piece of health advice. You can question it. You can understand it. And you can decide whether it actually matters for you.

That’s why I created The Pregnancy Microbiome Perspective. I want you to know your body (and love it!).