How Pregnancy Changes the Vaginal Microbiome
During pregnancy, a person’s body undergoes a lot of changes - hormone fluctuations, morning sickness, loosening joints and ligaments, and well, the obvious: growing a mini human. As a microbiologist, I’ve wondered about the microbiome. What changes have occurred in the vaginal microbiome? What do these changes mean? And can the vaginal microbiome be predictive of the “health” of the pregnancy? (more…)