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The Science Behind Probiotics for Eczema

The Science Behind Probiotics for Eczema

The use of probiotics - specifically lactobacillus rhamnosus - to reduce the risk of eczema or atopic dermatitis in infants is surprisingly well st...

Living With a Food Allergy

If your child develops a food allergy, it is not your fault. I know from experience, dealing with an infant allergy is a mix of scary and defeati...

Supporting a Healthy Microbiome During Pregnancy

Prenatal care for you, and your microbiome, has long lasting benefits. It can mean a healthier pregnancy, a healthy delivery, and a strong start as...

Probiotics for Newborns and Infants

From the moment they are born, a baby’s gut starts changing and growing. How it develops can make a big difference in their health. Learn how a pro...

Preventing Allergies As Soon as You Conceive

Many allergies develop within baby’s first year. But as an expecting mother, there are steps you can take to help lower your baby’s risk of develop...

Probiotics for Infertility

Infertility is hard. Few couples are open about their struggle. As you watch friend after friend easily become pregnant, so many people wonder “wha...

Probiotics vs Prebiotics

Probiotics are bacteria and prebiotics are food or supplements for the bacteria to help them thrive once the probiotics are in your gut. What is a...

The Benefits of Postpartum Probiotics

Pregnancy and labor are both incredibly demanding on a mother’s body. During labor alone, a woman loses 10-20% of the blood in her body. In the f...

What to Know About Your Baby’s Immune System Development Timeline

The infant immune system starts developing in utero, and continues to form over the first 1,000 days. Just like the brain, by age 3, 80% of a baby’...

Probiotics in Pregnancy Can Stop Allergies Before They Start

Doctors believe that allergic diseases - eczema, food allergies, and asthma - often start in pregnancy. The immune environment during pregnancy and...

The Benefits of Prenatal Probiotics

Prenatal probiotics are becoming more and more popular. You may have seen ads for them, or seen them in the supplement aisle at the grocery store, ...

Understanding the Infant Gut Biome

To understand your baby, you need to understand their gut microbiome. Like all people, the bacteria in a baby’s GI system, or microbiome, do most o...

Group B Strep Can Affect Infant Immune Development

Has your doctor talked to you about Group B Strep? Group B streptococcus (GBS) is one of the many bacteria that live in the body. About 1 in 4 pre...