C-Section vs Vaginal Birth The Microbiome Impact on Your Baby

SHOCKING: How Your Birth Method Affects Your Child's Health for LIFE The mode of delivery and feeding choices in the first days of life have profound impacts on your child's microbiome development. Our expert reveals the critical differences between vaginal vs C-section births and breastfeeding vs formula feeding.

Discover why babies delivered vaginally acquire beneficial Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium, while C-section babies miss this crucial microbial seeding. Learn about oligosaccharides in breast milk and why colostrum is nature's immune system software. If you've had a C-section or couldn't breastfeed - don't worry.

Our guests share practical solutions including sheep milk formula and colostrum supplementation to support your child's developing microbiome.

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