03/11/2026
I don't talk about this one as much, but it shaped Hydrostasis just as much as anything else.
During my pregnancy, I had chronically low blood pressure and constant thirst despite the fact that I was hydrating more than I ever had in my life. I was doing everything right. And still, my body wasn't keeping up.
When I almost fainted and told my doctor, the advice was the same as always: drink more water.
But I was already drinking more water. The question nobody could answer was why my efforts weren't enough and when I needed to do more.
There was no tool for that. No continuous signal. No way to know.
Pregnancy is one of the most hydration-dependent states the human body goes through and yet women navigating it are largely left with the same generic advice the rest of us get.
That gap is personal for me. And it's one of the reasons I kept building, even when it was hard.