Microbirth film screening at The Western Gate teahouse in Lagunitas
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Come visit the nonprofit community teahouse I co-founded in Lagunitas, a nice chance to gather if you haven't yet seen this important film. We have a nice selection of used books on pregnancy and parenting...
MICROBIRTH screening
Doors open for gathering and tea sampling at 6pm. Movie projected on screen at 7pm. By donation.
MicroBirth is a feature-length documentary looking at birth in a whole new way; through the lens of a microscope. The film investigates the latest scientific research that is starting to link the way babies are born with health in later life, particularly the increased risk of children developing certain immune-related conditions, including asthma, type 1 diabetes, celiac (coeliac) disease, obesity, cardio-vascular diseases, mental health disorders and even some cancers.
The purpose of the documentary is to raise public awareness of the importance of “seeding the baby’s microbiome” at birth with the mother’s own bacteria – this bacteria helps train the immune system to recognise what is “friend” and what is “foe”. We believe “seeding of the baby’s microbiome” should be on every birth plan – for even if vaginal birth isn’t possible, immediate skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding can still help to provide bacteria crucial to the development of the baby’s immune system. In the scientists’ view, if we can get the seeding of the baby’s microbiome right at birth, this could make a massive difference to the baby’s health for the rest of its life.
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7282 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Lagunitas CA 94973