Vaginal seeding is the practice of transferring a birthing parent’s vaginal bacteria to their newborn after delivery to support their baby’s microbiome. Experts are currently researching it. When a ...
Vaginal seeding of infants born by cesarean delivery should not be performed unless it is part of an approved research protocol, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ...
A viral TikTok conversation has reopened questions about why bacterial vaginosis so often returns, and what restoring the vaginal microbiome may have to do with it.