Antibiotics are effective AFTER the cord is clamped for babies born by C-section

Recent research finds…

If a baby is born by C-section, if the mother is given antibiotics AFTER the baby’s umbilical cord is clamped, this DOES NOT increase the risk of infection at the site of the cesarean incision.

In other words, the study finds that antibiotics given to prevent infections arising from C-section are JUST AS EFFECTIVE if they are given after the baby’s umbilical cord is clamped.

One of the co-authors of the study was Professor Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health, professor of microbiology and anthropology, and director of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

Dr Dominguez-Bello is featured in our free mini-course available on this link: https://microbirth.teachable.com/p/specialinfantmicrobiome1/

The study:

The Sommerstein et al., (2020) study included:

55,901 women at 75 hospitals in Switzerland from 2009 to 2018.