Plant-Based Parenting Series #2 – Birth & Breastfeeding

Welcome back to the Plant-Based Parenting Series! In the second installment of the series, Aaron walks you through:

∙ The intense birth experience of his daughter Lilah

∙ The effect of Cesarean Section births on the infant microbiota, how that impacts health outcomes and what you can do to mitigate some of the risks

∙ What it was like to bring a new child home and how they survived sleep deprivation

∙ The myriad benefits of breast feeding according to peer reviewed science and how they managed a supply issue after his wife returned to work  

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Show Notes
Link for TFF survey mentioned in the intro: bit.ly/tffsurvey

Link for episode #1 of the PBPS: https://www.tfflifestyle.com/tff070/

Link for Vegan Pregnancy & Parenting resource mentioned in intro: VPP

Data on Cesarean Sections and the Infant Microbiota:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967522/  

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25668229

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3110651/

Probiotics Recommended:

Probiota Infant

Probiotic 123

AAP Position Paper on Breastfeeding: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/3/e827

Other Breastfeeding Sources: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/breastfeeding/conditioninfo/Pages/benefits.aspx

Data on Human Milk Oligosaccharides: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22513036

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