There has been plenty of research about the microbiome and vaginal birth. No doubt, if you just google it and you will be flooded with NCBI reports and other studies. That being said, I am happy to share some of the fascinating highlights of microbiome transfer via vaginal birth, before we talk about lesser known […]
We have come a long way in the US, where only a couple generations ago, new mothers were not encouraged to breast feed their babies. Although breast feeding is an obvious function for all mammals, (actually it is the function that defines the term “mammals”), humans walk the confusing path, muddied by our determination to […]