When's the best time to intervene in the health of a pregnancy? Before it starts: Conversation with Dr. Tamara Tilburgs, Part I

  Talk to any person who does research on pregnancy, and you may get a variety of different answers about the source of different pregnancy complications, and at what point in pregnancy we would have to turn back the clock to effectively intervene and increase the chances of a healthy pregnancy? Today's guest dates that time at the period before pregnancy even starts.

She and her colleagues are investigating the importance of the process of creating a uterine lining, AKA, decidualization, that will, if many things fall into place, support implantation, placentation, and ultimately a healthy pregnancy, looking particularly at how our immune systems make our bodies fertile ground.

Endometrial Decidualization: the primary driver of pregnancy health: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/11/4092