Can pregnant women take probiotics?
Can Pregnant Women take probiotics?
Answer is Yes! All women can take probiotics.
It's good to take vaginal probiotics that could keep gut and vaginal health at the same time.
Vaginal probiotics are not only good for mother's vagina and gut health but also it is helpful to both mother and baby immune health.
Gut health is important for immune health.
When mother takes probitoics, nutrition transfers to fetus.
Baby's first immune health decide entire life's immune system. Therefore, it is very important to take care baby's immune health early as possible.
Vaginal probiotics, what does affect fetus/baby?
Vaginal probiotics are important to both baby and mother.
During natural childbirth, process of baby coming out burying probiotics in mother's vagina is called as "probiotics shower"
It affects born baby as important factor to build immune system.
In fact, similar to adult gut environment is formed at baby's first year, and it affects lifelong immune system development.
Therefore, since first baby's immune system is built by mother's probiotics, it is important to care mother's vaginal health during pregnancy.
During pregnancy, secretion of female hormones are increased, blood circulation in pelvic area becomes active and mucous membranes productions are increased.
Therefore, vaginal environment balance quickly break down, and have 3 times more likely to be exposed to vaginitis than woman are not pregnant.
As by symptom severity, could result of premature birth.
Thanks for sharing this post about pregnant women and probiotics.
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