C-section babies are missing key microbes

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  1. Andy

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    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02807-x
     
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    I'd heard of some nurses taking a swipe of the vaginal secretions and plopping it in the mouth of a new born baby by c-section so they get those microbes.
     
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    I think something like it is common practice most places now, that’s my impression anyway.
     
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