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I Would Rather Pull My Front Teeth Out Than Hear "Trimester Zero" Ever Again, Thanks

Olga Pankova/Moment/Getty ImagesSocial media, it seems, will never run out of new buzzy health trends that make me, as a health reporter for over a decade, want to rip my hair out. But none have made me grit my teeth harder lately than the term “trimester zero.” The term refers to the three months preceding pregnancy in which women should be thinking about optimizing their own physical and mental health to increase their fertility and the likelihood of a healthy pregnancy. From vague advice like using this time to balance your hormones and flush toxins out of your body, to wildly specific regi...

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