The tiredness of pregnancy and new motherhood gets called normal, but low iron is a common cause that can also pull down your mood and your milk supply. Here is the ferritin number that tells you whether it is part of your picture.

Normal bloodwork doesn't always mean your iron is fine. In perimenopause, heavy periods are often why you're still exhausted.

The internet is full of warnings about muscle loss on GLP-1s, and most of them get the clinical picture only half right. A patient who loses 15 pounds of fat and 2 pounds of muscle has a better body composition outcome than they started with, even though their absolute muscle dropped.