How this magazine works
Editorial standards
MetabolicMoms reports on a subject where being wrong has real consequences for real families. These are the standards we hold ourselves to so you can trust what carries the seal.
01 Every clinical claim is sourced
If a sentence on this site says a drug does something to a body, it is tied to a primary source — a peer-reviewed study or official FDA labeling — that you can click and read yourself. We are careful about a distinction most coverage blurs: what the evidence shows for women specifically versus what is extrapolated from trials that were mostly not designed around them. Where the research in mothers is thin, we say “thin,” not “proven.”
02 Footnotes instead of a white coat
Every medical claim is checked against the record before a piece runs, and the record is printed with it: the trial, the PubMed ID, the section of the FDA label. We keep no clinical reviewer on the masthead and we will not invent one — a name you cannot verify is worth less than a citation you can open. No one here is your doctor, and we would rather say so plainly than dress the desk up in a white coat it hasn't earned.
03 Mothers writing for mothers
Our writers are mothers writing for mothers. It is a small desk covering a sensitive subject, and the byline names you see are attached to real, accountable editorial work — never invented credentials, never a fabricated license. Meet them on the masthead.
04 Rankings are walled off from revenue
Provider facts — price, states, features — reflect each provider's public disclosures at the time we reviewed them. The Editors' Rating is applied identically to every provider and cannot be bought; advertising is disclosed and kept out of the score. The full arrangement is in our funding disclosure.
05 We re-check, and we correct in the open
Telehealth pricing and availability change constantly, so entries are dated and re-verified rather than published once and forgotten. When we get something wrong, we fix it promptly and note that we did. Spot an error? Write the desk — the address is on the masthead — and we would rather hear it from you than leave it standing.
None of this is a substitute for a licensed clinician — see our medical disclaimer.