How to Build a Healthy Microbiome, Before, During, and After Birth Kelly Brogan, MD, Mercola
With 3 minute video
- Adding to a long list of “oops!” in the history of medicine, it was long-held that the womb was a sterile environment.
- Home birthing 99 % in 1920 ==> 99% in hospital by 1950
- Breast milk contains immune factors, bacteria, and over 200 unique oligosaccharides, designed to nourish gut bacteria (not in formula)
- (Note: early breast milk (colostrum) contains 3X as much vitamin D as true breast milk)
Her webpage Kellybroganmd.com
Includes Speculation of association between autism and use of birth control pill
See also Vitamin D Life
Studies in both categories of Antibiotics and Pregnancy are listed here:
- Low vitamin D in pregnancy linked to potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in black women - May 2019
- 10 percent of all women had after-birth infections – majority had low vitamin D (PhD) – 2019
- Antibiotics during pregnancy may cause childhood health problems – Feb 2019
- Gut Microbiome is important during pregnancy – Dec 2014
- 1.8X increased risk of Obesity if antibiotics were used during pregnancy – Nov 2014
- 2000 IU vitamin D during pregnancy and 800 IU to infant resulted in less use of antibiotics – RCT April 2014