Boy mom here! 🙋🏾♀️Yes, I’m tired. I’ve got my wild little toddler running circles around me and a newborn attached to me—my exhaustion levels have started to feel deeper than run-of-the-mill postpartum recovery.
Recently, my doula suggested I explore areas of nutritional deficit, particularly protein. But rather than going for straight protein powder, she suggested I explore collagen peptides. I’m looking to nourish as I heal, and gaining muscle isn’t a priority (yet).
Someone in my local moms group suggested Needed, a clean, hydrolyzed collagen protein powder that’s meant for those trying to conceive, pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum. I looked into it, and discovered Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides along the way.
Here’s how these two collagen based powders compare:
The safest collagen supplement for pregnant and new moms… Needed
It’s actually very common for women who are pregnant and postpartum to not be meeting their protein needs. Your baby gets dibs on your nutrients when you’re pregnant and breastfeeding. Needed is made with mamas in mind, and it’s a safe and ideal choice while TTC, pregnant, breastfeeding, and beyond.
Given their specific amino profile, collagen peptides have numerous benefits, including boosting that protein to support a steady blood sugar, decreasing nausea, and growing your baby's cells and placenta. Needed offers a product that’s ethically sourced from the hides of grass-fed, pasture-raised, hormone-free bovines.
You’d think any collagen peptides would do the trick for what I listed above, but Vital Proteins recently issued a recall of their Collagen Peptides due to reports of broken pieces of lid within the batch. No thank you!
The one that can help buoy a toddler mom through another pregnancy… Needed
Optimizing your health to best care for your baby—whether she is still in your belly or newly out—is practically a full-time job. Nobody prepared me for the way I’d have to summon up extra energy to do it with a toddler glued to my hip.
Needed is made with 14g of 100% hydrolyzed collagen protein, so my body is given an energy boost while also quietly working to benefit my skin, connective tissue, and joints. I’m really hopeful that it’ll help target the loose skin I was left with after giving birth.
Needed is also tasteless and dissolves so easily it can be added to anything from coffee, to smoothies and baked goods without changing the flavor profile.
The one you can grab at Costco… Vital Proteins
If you prefer to restock your shelves in one gigantic grocery run, Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides is the one you can pick up at Costco, GNC, or some other drugstores. Sometimes we all go for the convenience option.
However, finding room in my pantry for a giant tub of Costco-sized protein powder is a struggle I’m not fond of. And while Vital Proteins’ bulk price of $31.99 is definitely a bargain, you can score Needed Prenatal Collagen Protein for $33.49/month when you order a six month supply (down from $49.99 for a one time purchase). And the soft pouches are way easier to store than the hard plastic tub.
Long live auto-ship subscriptions!
The one that pairs well with others for comprehensive health… Needed
I’m new to collagen powders, so I’m still building my understanding of what collagen can do for me nutritionally, and how that relates to the other supplements in my routine. Needed handles all that research for you, offering different plans that address your changing needs as your body tackles the baby phase.
Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides—and all their other supplement powders—are sold individually and without much information about how to integrate them into your existing routines. It’s a quality product, but it requires some foundational knowledge about supplements that the average adult like me might not have.
Anyone can take Needed, anytime—join me
While my favorite aspect of Needed Prenatal Collagen Protein powder is how safe and compatible it is with my current season of life, you don’t have to be pregnant or postpartum to take this beneficial supplement.
It’s supportive of those going through IVF, those trying to conceive in other ways, and those who are over there, happily childless.
I love that Needed is ethically sourced. And I’m especially pumped to reap the benefits of a product that’s tested and proven safe and supportive of me and my baby.
