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> You are sterile when you come out of your mother's womb. All of the bacteria that ends up in your intestine are ingested, often coming from your own family me
by farnsworth 9y ago
> You are sterile when you come out of your mother's womb. All of the bacteria that ends up in your intestine are ingested, often coming from your own family members.
Is that so? I thought that fetuses shared some of their mother's intestinal flora, somehow.
- refurb 9y agoMy understanding is that some studies have detected bacteria DNA in utero, but scientists are skeptical. A baby's intestinal flora is develop through ingestion of bacteria after birth. It generally comes from the mother.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> A baby's intestinal flora is develop through ingestion of bacteria after birth. Also, quite notably during birth.
- kwoff 9y agoPlease explain how you think the womb is connected to the intestines.
- nsgoetz 9y agoI believe the fetuses get some immunity from their mother by blood but not bacteria.