In contrast, the microbiome of infants born
via planned Cesarean is more similar to that of the mother's skin and hospital environment [1].
Although only ten women were followed, it is intriguing that the breast milk microbiome of women delivering
via planned Cesarean at birth, one month, and six months post-birth, was more similar to their gut microbiome than the breast milk of mothers who delivered vaginally [4].
Not exact matches
Sometimes it's an emergency and sometimes it's
planned, but still many mothers of twins birth their babies
via cesarean.
A new Canadian study finds that the microbiome of infants born
via unplanned
Cesarean had increased bacterial richness and diversity, more similar to that of vaginally born infants than
planned Cesarean [10].
When I had my first daughter
via cesarean for breech presentation (I couldn't find a midwife to support us at home, even though that is what we initially
planned), I was amazed at the domino effect of interventions.