Exposure to antibiotics during early life can increase the risk of childhood obesity - but new research indicates that TIMING IS CRUCIAL. From the abstract: "Decreased growth was observed after antibiotics in the first week of life, whereas increased growth was observed after later...

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Recent infant microbiome research Part 2: The development of the infant microbiome, the development of the infant immune system and causal links to childhood leukaemia. It can be tricky keeping up with the latest research on the infant microbiome. That’s why I’ve decided to collate some...

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Recent infant microbiome research Part 1: Home birth, prenatal exposures, mode of birth and obesity It can be tricky keeping up with the latest research on the infant microbiome. That’s why I’ve decided to collate some recent research and news articles into a series of blog-posts. Here is a...

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Whenever I give talks at conferences or Q&A’s at film screenings, the no.1 subject I am always asked about is group B Strep (GBS). I never felt 100% confident answering questions on group B Strep because it is a difficult, nuanced challenging subject. I wasn’t fully up to date with the...

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In the UK, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have just published a new position statement making it clear that women should be fully supported in all their infant feeding choices, including formula feeding. To quote from Chief Executive Gill Walton, "The RCM believes that women should be at...

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Whenever I give a talk at a conference, or during a Q&A after a film screening of Microbirth, or at a book event, or posted as a comment in the discussion about the free webinar, the same questions tend to crop up. These questions are answered in much more detail within the 9 hour course,...

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Whenever I give a talk at a conference, or during a Q&A after a film screening of Microbirth, or at a book event, or posted as a comment in the discussion about the free webinar, the same questions tend to crop up. These questions are answered in much more detail within the 9 hour course,...

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Since we first stating making our award-winning documentary MICROBIRTH 6 years ago, we've become almost evaneglical about the critical microscopic events happening during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. We believe that this is critical knowledge that every healthcare professional should...

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What is the infant microbiome? You might have seen our film Microbirth, but do you feel fully confident when asked about the infant microbiome by parents? What about if someone asked you face-to-face, why is the infant microbiome so important? What would you say? Well, if you need it here's...

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Exciting news! We heard today that our free 60 min webinar “Understanding The Infant Microbiome” has just been accredited for 1 L-CERP (Lactation) by IBLCE - CERPs Registry Number #317077K This means that all Lactation Consultants can enrol in the webinar and claim their free 1 L-CERP...

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