The infant gut microbiome and its relationship with communication, personal, social and fine motor skills in toddlers
The critical period for brain development is in the first three years of a child’s life, a time when the postnatal gut microbiome is its most dynamic.
Preconception health – preventing disease before it occurs
Even with the advances of modern medicine, the world is getting sicker – obesity, non-communicable diseases, infertility and pregnancy complications are on the rise. As a global community, we need to start preventing these diseases before they even occur – a life-course approach to health that starts in school and continues into older adulthood.
MothersBabies Literature Review by Dr Daniella Susic
Dr Susic is working on trying to establish if there are causal links or associations between the action and composition of microbiome during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
What is Microbiota and the Microbiome?
Humans are host to an enormous invisible ecosystem of microbes that influence almost every system in the body.
The Prime Minister commits $1M to the MothersBabies Study
MothersBabies seeks to raise $5m specifically for the MothersBabies Study that will commence in early 2019 at the Microbiome Research Centre (the MRC) in Sydney.
Katie’s Story
As a little girl I had a whole battery of tests to work out why I was suffering so badly with eczema, asthma and gut related issues. The results came back showing I had a severe intolerance to cow’s milk protein.
Estelle’s Story
My husband and I had always known we wanted to start a family one day. The majority of my life I had taken conceiving and having children for granted.
Literature Review for MothersBabies
Pregnancy is a period of complex, simultaneous physiological changes enabling the development of a healthy baby, including hormonal, metabolic, immunomodulatory, and cardiovascular adaptations.