Reacción a "Reactions: study explores how reduced microbiota transfer between mothers and babies born by c-section is compensated"

This is a well-designed study, conducted by a research group with extensive experience in the study of the development of the human microbiome in the first months of life. The researchers demonstrate, using an appropriate methodology, how microbial transmission from mothers to their newborns is a multifactorial phenomenon, and they confirm the relevance of breastfeeding. They report that the differences in the microbiota of babies born by caesarean section and vaginal birth are not significant, since the lower microbial transfer by caesarean section is compensated by a higher transfer through breastfeeding.