• Digestive discomfort: Bloating, gas, cramping or unsettled digestion before or during pregnancy.
• Irregular bowel habits: Constipation, loose stools or shifting patterns in bowel movements.
• Skin irritation: Rashes, dryness or sensitivity that may accompany gut-related changes.
• Low or fluctuating energy: Tiredness, reduced stamina or feeling easily depleted.
• Food-related discomfort: Sensitivity or unsettled feelings after certain meals.
• After-antibiotic changes: Differences in digestion or comfort following recent antibiotic use.
• Early pregnancy digestive changes: Nausea, queasiness or changes in appetite.
• Concerns about microbial balance: Interest in understanding digestive patterns when trying to conceive, during pregnancy or postpartum.
• Immune-related discomfort: Recurrent congestion, low-grade irritation or general sensitivity.
• General gut imbalance: Ongoing symptoms such as bloating, gassiness or unpredictable stool patterns.
• Preconception and postpartum care: When preparing for pregnancy, birth or postpartum microbial support.

The Tiny Health Pregnancy Gut Health Test uses deep-shotgun metagenomic sequencing to analyse bacteria, fungi, viruses, archaea and other microbes present in the stool. This method provides strain-level resolution and detailed relative abundance data, offering insight into microbial balance, diversity and community structure during preconception, pregnancy and the postpartum period. The profile highlights beneficial, disruptive and potentially inflammatory microbial groups, as well as microbes relevant to early-life microbial transfer during birth.

The test may be clinically useful when exploring digestive discomfort, stool irregularities, food-related reactions, skin sensitivity, low energy or unsettled digestion before or during pregnancy. The report also reviews levels of Bifidobacterium and other taxa commonly transferred to newborns, alongside microbial diversity scores and the presence of mucus-degrading species, opportunistic organisms or patterns associated with microbial resilience. These findings can help illustrate aspects of the maternal microbiome that may influence the microbial environment a baby is exposed to at birth.

The Tiny Health Pregnancy Gut Health Test provides a comprehensive overview of gut microbial composition using high-depth sequencing. The breadth of information included offers a detailed picture of microbial balance, stability and early-life microbial characteristics, supporting interpretation of patterns that may relate to digestive comfort, energy and overall gut function during conception, pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Specimen

Stool sample 

Device

• 1x Copan 4N6 Swab

Patient preparation

• Please refrain from taking aspirin for two days prior to collecting your sample.
• Never discontinue prescription medication without first consulting your physician.

Medications

The patient can't have taken antibiotics in the last 4 weeks.
If you want to see results without probiotics, pause 3-5 days before sampling. But this is not necessary.