The story of today's guest is like so many other mothers. She went from feeling prepared, planning for a home birth, and breastfeeding to feeling completely disempowered and unprepared after her emergency C-section. Her plans went out the window and she had little support.This path is so familiar to so many mothers. And today's guest, Toni Harman, a birth documentary filmmaker chose to follow this path of missteps within the field of childbirth to unveil the missing pieces of education as it relates to the importance of the infant microbiome.In this episode, we're sharing:How the mother passes beneficial bacteria to her baby during vaginal birth, and how these beneficial bacteria are fed by the special sugars in breast milk (which is why exclusive breastfeeding is so important)How diet and lifestyle choices during pregnancy and postpartum can impact the mother's gut microbiome, which in turn impacts the baby's microbiome.How beneficial bacteria are key to the optimal training of the infant immune system, to protect a baby's lifelong health.What mothers can eat/do after birth, particularly after a C-section to help restore the baby's microbiome.****For more juicy tips, information, and links you absolutely want to check out, go to:https://postpartumu.com/microbiome-connection-with-toni-harman-ep-116/