What are the risks for mother and child?

Danone Specialized Nutrition (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd supports exclusive breastfeeding for your infant’s first six months of life. Breast milk contains the optimum nutrition your infant needs for growth and development. It contains antibodies that can protect your child from illnesses.

After six months of age, infants should receive age-appropriate complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years of age or beyond. Consult your doctor before deciding to use infant formula or if you have difficulty breastfeeding.

C-section: What are the risks for mother and child?

WHAT ARE THE C-SECTION RISKS FOR THE MOTHER?

1. Potential risks & complications¹

2. Are there any C-section risks for my child?

Some research suggest that children delivered by C-section are slower to acquire certain types of “good bacteria” in their gut and have higher level of potentially “bad bacteria” than those born vaginally.

Reference: Salminen et. al. 2004. Influence of mode of delivery of gut microbiota composition in seven year old children. Gut 53 (9): 1388-1389

Due to low gut bacteria diversity and imbalanced gut profile (dysbiosis), C-section has been associated with higher risks of asthma, allergies, inflammatory bowel diseases, obesity and type 1 diabetes in the long run. ²

However, a child’s gut bacteria profile can be developed gradually. Discuss with your doctor how you can help your child restore a healthy gut profile.

Consult your doctors as they will be in a better positions to assess your suitability.

Reference:

1. Keag OE, et al. PLoS Med 15(1): e1002494.

2. Sandall J, et al. Lancet. 2018 Oct 13;392(10155):1349-1357.

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