Engineering the Newborn Microbiome
MothersBabies Newsletter:Engineering the Microbiome 05/07/2022 To view the newsletter, click here Not everyone ends up having the type of birth that ticks all the boxes for optimising their baby’s gut microbiome development. C-sections are essential for some, breastfeeding is not always an option, and antibiotics can help save the lives of both mum and baby. […]
Engineering the Newborn Microbiome
Engineering the Newborn Microbiome Written by Clare Carrick ANutr BHSc (Nutrition and Health Promotion) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 30/06/2022 Your newborn’s gut microbiome helps shape their immune system, determining their overall health through toddler-dom, the teen years, and into adulthood (1). C-section deliveries, antibiotics during pregnancy and birth, formula feeding, and […]
Improving your gut health can change your baby’s life
MothersBabies Newsletter: Improving your gut health can change your baby’s life 30/06/2022 To view the newsletter, click here Why is hardly anybody talking about the importance of supporting a healthy microbiome when we’re planning to start a family? Science tells us that our gut health, and the balance of microbes in our microbiome, can dramatically […]
Improving Your Gut Health Can Change Your Baby’s Life
Improving Your Gut Health Can Change Your Baby’s Life Written by Clare Carrick ANutr BHSc (Nutrition and Health Promotion) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 23/06/2022 What does ‘planning a pregnancy’ mean to you? Throwing the Pill in the bin? Downloading an ovulation app? Making sure your partner is not interstate mid-cycle? Checking […]
Shaping our Gut Health through Diet
MothersBabies Newsletter: Shaping our Gut Health through Diet 13/06/2022 To view the newsletter, click here If you’ve been following along for a while now, you’ll know how important our gut health is to so many aspects of our overall health as human beings… There are certain factors that shape our gut microbiome that we have […]
The Surprising link between breastfeeding, BMI and Bacteria
MothersBabies Newsletter: The Surprising Links Between Breastfeeding, BMI and Bacteria 06/06/2022 To view the newsletter, click here Did you know that overweight or obese women are much less likely to breastfeed their children? Or that the gut microbiome of children of obese and overweight women is different to the children of women in the healthy […]
The Surprising Links Between Breastfeeding, BMI, & Bacteria
The Surprising Links Between Breastfeeding, BMI, & Bacteria Written by Clare Carrick ANutr (BHSc) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 26/05/2022 A Weighty Issue More kids than ever before are overweight or obese (1). Although trashy magazines and celebrities like Kim Kardashian may have us fooled into thinking being overweight is only an […]
The Lingering Impact of Birth Mode
MothersBabies Newsletter: The Lingering Impact of Birth Mode 30/5/2022 To view the newsletter, click here We say it time and time again here at MothersBabies: Knowledge is power. There are so many decisions to be made as you begin to consider the prospect of having a baby, and the more you know about the impact […]
Nurture Your Microbes to Fuel Your Fertility
MothersBabies Newsletter:Nurture Your Microbes to Fuel Your Fertility 23/5/2022 To view the newsletter, click here For so many of us, having babies is something we’ve dreamed about since we were young, and imagining our future selves has always involved a family of some description. It seems crazy then, to think that more information is not […]
The Lingering Impact of Birth Mode
The Lingering Impact of Birth Mode Written by Clare Carrick ANutr (BHSc) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 26/05/2022 No woman should ever feel any guilt or judgment surrounding the way her baby was born. Every birth is an act of heroism in its own special way. Comparisons between C-sections and ‘natural births’ […]
