Episode 434
How do C-section babies get their microbiome?
Babies get their helpful bacteria when they're born. Does the same happen to a C-section baby?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
April 20, 20203m 37s
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Show Notes
Pavel asked us "On one of the Naked Scientists programmes it was mentioned that a newborn baby has initially sterile intestines and gets most of its microbiome during the passage through the uterus and vagina. What happens to children that are brought into this world via caesarean?" We reached out to Peter Brocklehurst from the University of Birmingham to find out... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
babymicrobiomec-sectioncaesarian section microbiome