10/18/2024
“In 2012, Kjersti Aagard and her colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital found that while the va**nal flora change during pregnancy, the microbial make-up of newborn baby does not resemble that of the va**na. The pregnant va**na harbors about 80% lactobacillus, creating a mildly acidic environment which discourages the growth of pathogenic bacteria. The newborns they studied harbored some lactobacillus with a variety of other organisms.
They proceeded to study the bacteria on placentas, sampled immediately after birth. The bacteria resembled the inhabitants of the mother’s mouth more than any other body site, not that of the va**na. Further testing showed the greatest similarity with bacteria found in the gut and the mouth. “
