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outcomes of mothers-to-be. This does not mean that we are going down a blind alley, however, when we consider the implications of so many c-sections. Belatedly, other investigators are pointing out the need to examine both the risks and benefits of cesarean delivery, particularly since research is uncovering a much higher incidence of chronic diseases (including asthma, obesity and type 1 diabetes) in children born via c- section.4 If c-section babies are indeed missing out on maternal micro- biome exposure—as well as brain stimulation, important early bonding and probably many other as-yet-unidentified but irreplaceable aspects of natural childbirth—then we may indeed be setting transgenerational (or epigenetic) changes into motion. What will happen when a sizeable proportion of the population has a hospital-generated microbiome? It is only slightly reassuring to hear that the Austrian researchers do not believe that non-surgical births will become fully “obsolete.”5
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