[ProtectOurFreedom]

“C-section babies are not exposed to maternal fecal microbes”

OK, so how are babies delivered vaginally exposed to fecal microbes?

[mikey_hates_everything]

Sounds like a hygiene issue. All of my kids were C-sections. 20+ years later and no problems—and no fecal transplants either, jeez…

[verum ago]

“C-section babies are not exposed to maternal fecal microbes”

OK, so how are babies delivered vaginally exposed to fecal microbes?

Because said microbes are on the skin "down there." There's a very large difference between 'clean' and 'disinfected.' A woman who keeps those parts 'clean' still has low levels of bacteria present due to simple proximity of the, *ahem* bunghole, and the baby is exposed to those during vaginal birth.

But a C-section involves the skin around the incision being disinfected, and it's also skin that's much further from the nether regions, and so already has little or no fecal microbes. So the C-section baby is not exposed.

You asked...

[amihow]

Scraping the bottom here? Newborns are washed off immediately and mom is essentiaĺly covered. This really seems weird.