There. Can People Stop Vagina Seeding Now, Please?

About a year and a half ago, I wrote about Vagina Seeding, which is an Actual Thing.  If you’re a normal person, and have never heard the term before, I apologize for subjecting you to this knowledge.  If you’re a person who doesn’t like reading sourcelinks, let me just sum it up for you quickly:

Vagina seeding is a new trend in birthing for c-section moms. Apparently, women who deliver babies via c-section are missing out on having their babies come into direct contact with their vaginas, and that’s supposedly a really bad thing now, so VAGINA SEEDING to the rescue!

 

Right before a c-section, a piece of gauze is inserted into the mother’s vagina so that it can absorb a bunch of secretions. Once it’s saturated (I know, gross), it’s removed and put in a sterile container. Then, after the baby is delivered, someone RUBS THAT GAUZE ALL OVER THE BABY’S FACE, MOUTH, EYES and SKIN, in order to replicate what the baby would deal with by being born vaginally.

That’s what I wrote about it back in March of 2016.  Happily, I’d blocked it out since, until I saw this article today.

According to that sourcelink, yet another doctor has come out to discourage hippie weirdos women from engaging in this practice.

Dr. Christopher Zahn from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecolotists said women should NOT vaginal seed their babies because it could give them chlamydia or gonorrhea or herpes, which could lead to fatal pneumonia.  And the risk of that significantly outweighs any potential good that vaginal seeding could do – much of which is unsubstantiated anyway.

He added: ‘Understandably, patients who may need to undergo a c-section are increasingly seeking counsel from ob-gyns on whether vaginal seeding is appropriate. However, due to the lack of sufficient data, the very real risks outweigh the potential benefits.’

His recommendation?  Breastfeed exclusively if possible for the first six months of a baby’s life.

‘The bacteria present in breast milk and on the nipple is sufficient for natural colonization or seeding of the gut.

 

‘There may be some initial difference in the gut microbiota of infants based on mode of delivery, but research has shown that difference disappears after about six months.’

So yeah.  Can women please stop doing this hippie crap now?  Between this, and placenta eating and breastmilk jewelry, and umbilical cord crafting, it’s getting ridiculous.