Exposure to mother’s vaginal fluids may help restore bacteria of babies born via caesarean

Babies born vaginally are enriched with critical bacteria from the mum, but babies born via caesarean section miss out.

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I’ve read about this before. One of the only exceptions is if the mother is HIV positive.

interesting

Should bottle that vaginal fluild…

And the vernix, apparently.

Ian said:

Should bottle that vaginal fluild…

That’s not what I meant when I said we should “Take in a show”

Divine Angel said:

And the vernix, apparently.

Tasty stuff according to Robadob.

Mrs SS says there has been discussions about swapping thee mother’s vagina and swaddling the newborn with the swab for a while now, but nothing has really come of it yet

stumpy_seahorse said:

Mrs SS says there has been discussions about swapping thee mother’s vagina

This transplant business has gone too far

The passage through the birth canal has a lot going for it.
The pressure does good things for the lungs and stuff, apparently.

Of course, there are very good reasons for needing a C section.

I think it’s important we keep finding new ways of shaming new mothers that can’t do stuff the way the good lord intended.

Dropbear said:

I think it’s important we keep finding new ways of shaming new mothers that can’t do stuff the way the good lord intended.

This

dv said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Mrs SS says there has been discussions about swapping thee mother’s vagina

This transplant business has gone too far

They can grow vaginas now, so swapping is possible, but I would imagine they would want to keep them.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lab-grown-vaginas-implanted-successfully-in-4-teenagers/