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Defecation is a common part of the birthing process.
by throwaway742 4y ago
Defecation is a common part of the birthing process.
- cycomanic 4y agoI think there is even some evidence that cesarean births have higher risks of some infections because of not being exposed, I even recall that they did some things with babies being born with cesareans because of this.
- refurb 4y agoBut the feces is sterile. It's not even feces exactly, it's meconium and doesn't look like feces and doesn't smell at all (it's basically the remains of cells from the intestine and the amniotic fluid the baby swallows). There are no bacteria in the womb.
- bjoli 4y agoPresumably he/she meant by the mother.
- refurb 4y agoOops. I read too fast. Yes, the baby would be ingesting all sorts of stuff during the normal birthing process. In a related note - families tend to have very similar biomes. Oral-fecal transmission happens despite the highest level of cleanliness.