{"id":427,"date":"2023-03-06T17:28:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/?p=427"},"modified":"2023-04-07T10:55:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T10:55:16","slug":"myth-caesareans-account-for-the-rise-in-infant-food-allergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"Myth? Caesareans account for the rise in infant food allergies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.06-Myth-Food-allergies-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.06-Myth-Food-allergies-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428\" width=\"603\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.06-Myth-Food-allergies-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.csections.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.06-Myth-Food-allergies-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.csections.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.06-Myth-Food-allergies-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.csections.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.06-Myth-Food-allergies-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.csections.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.06-Myth-Food-allergies-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.csections.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.06-Myth-Food-allergies-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.csections.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.06-Myth-Food-allergies-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Caesareans are blamed for all sorts of things: childhood obesity, autism and food allergies to name just three. Time and again research finds against such claims, but this doesn\u2019t make for good headlines. So we are left with the myths spinning around in conversation and for many of us, it is on the back of these that we attempt to make our birth choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year an Australian <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcri.edu.au\/news-stories\/caesarean-births-not-linked-increased-risk-food-allergy-during-infancy\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> concerned about the rise in infant food allergies decided to evaluate whether there was any truth in the idea that caesareans increase the risk of an infant developing food allergies. They considered whether the caesarean was an emergency or elective, and whether it was prior to labour commencing or not. Regardless, of the 2045 births assessed, they found the incidence of food allergies to be almost identical across mode of birth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Caesarean delivery \u2013 12.7% infants with food allergies<\/li><li>Vaginal delivery \u2013 13.2% infants with food allergies<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If anything there is a fractionally higher incidence in food allergies with vaginal deliveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While caesarean babies do not have the same level of exposure to the mother\u2019s gut and vaginal bacteria, this <em>\u201cdoesn\u2019t appear to play a major role in the development of food allergy.\u201d<\/em> Associate Professor Peters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does this mean for Mums?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the things we frequently worry about as we try to make choices about our birth options is all the science telling us one way is better than the other. There are of course pros and cons to both modes, and what we really need is accurate information, not myths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for those mums facing an unwanted or unplanned caesarean intervention this new knowledge may help to allay at least one fear, making for one less thing to worry about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caesareans are blamed for all sorts of things: childhood obesity, autism and food allergies to name just three. Time and again research finds against such claims, but this doesn\u2019t make for good headlines. So we are left with the myths spinning around in conversation and for many of us, it is on the back of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/?p=427\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Myth? Caesareans account for the rise in infant food allergies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}