It really seems like the moments of birth are critical that the first exposure is a particular kind of bacteria.

You've nailed it. I've never heard of the microbiome when I had my baby. I never knew anything about this, the bacterial ecosystem that is so precious, that it's so critical, didn't know anything about it.

And we've interviewed, gosh, maybe over 100 different scientists in all different fields,

asking the same question, does it matter how a baby is born and fed?

And it turns out it really does matter.

Because when a baby is born, it's not just the human baby, it's their ecosystem that's also born at the same time. The weight of

responsibility in my shoulders is to tell parents that there's things they can do to their child

can have a trajectory towards health.

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypnoberthing of Connecticut, Childbirth Advocate, and Postpartum

Support Specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board

certified lactation consultant. And this is the Down to Birth podcast.

Childbirth is something we're made to do,

but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?

Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.

Okay. down to birth. Hello, I'm Tony Holman.

I'm a filmmaker, I'm a content creator, and I'm passionate about this subject of the infant

microbiome.

And we're about to launch our new film.

And it's just this whole new world of microbes. And I want parents in particular to care about microbes, but birth professionals and

clinicians, because I think this is such world-changing information that everyone needs to know about

it and care. Tony, how did you get

into this? What made you become so passionate about the infant microbiome? A long story short.

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