Natural childbirth protects your child from disease?

[expatinscotland]

mypelvicfloorpaidtheprice

Yeah, glad to know at least some good has come out of the sacrifice of my pelvic floor!

I now have a vision of fingering up a dose of bacteria from the lady garden area and offering it to caesarian born baby..

So - does that mean there is a link between the rise in allergies, asthma and excema and the rise in teh number of sections?

Discuss!

Most of our mums would have been shaved and enema'd when they went into labour with us, precisely to prevent us picking up that first mouthful!

Interesting point, Secur ,especially as these things also appear to have a genetic component as well.

My graze can still hurt even nearly 7 months after DD2's fast birth!

I was born by repeat c-section. Never had allergies, excema or asthma, although I mysteriously got hives all over my legs three weeks after DD1 was born for no reason anyone could determine.

PC - I don;t think that would have stopped it some how! I am sure they mean a bit higher up than that!

Expat - I don't mean that all sections produce allergic babies, I just meam, the general rise of both could be linked?

Assuming the research below is accurate of course?

P.S expat - how did they repeat section you? replace you and start agian?

I wish they had, Secur

precisely to attempt to prevent us picking up that first mouthful!

lol!

Solution: immediately after baby has been lifted out, put on mother's chest to suckle. There will be bacteria there waiting ...

depends if you have an infection as it can actually cause it
sorry to be so serious

I didn't have DD2 straight onto my chest b/c I delivered on my knees w/my arms hugging the back of the bed. I stayed in this position until the placenta delivered and THEN got Dd2. So DH actually held her first. But she then got a mouthful of boob, yes.

Don't think there is much cause and effect identified in this article. For example, nowhere do they mention that the complications that lead to the 15% of emergency caesareans (as opposed to 9% of planned ones)might contribute to higher rate of disease. I don't know. It seems a bit silly to say caesareans are bad because they are too clean.

I'm begining to think Journalists wil claim anything just to ignite a debate on mumsnet.

That is possibly true - well they didn't do too well on this one did they!

clearly no-one told DS this

wjilst the immune system needs 'reminding' of bugs along the way, it's largely determined genetically.

'it's largely determined genetically.'

Indeed, Highlander. Some people honestly seem made of some very tough metal.

hmm, having read the article, it's clear there ain't nothing friendly about the bugs in DS's gut. or maybe it's a male thang