Recent research has shed light on the importance of gut microbiota both during pregnancy and early life. Despite recent research that shows the placenta is not sterile, as previously thought, gut microbiota colonization in the first days and weeks after birth appears to have enormous significance for post-natal life.

A recent study, led by Dr. Erika Isolauri, a professor of paediatrics at the University of Turku and chief physician at the Department of Paediatrics at Turku University Hospital in Finland, has found that perinatal probiotic administration is safe and may have the long-term effect of decreasing allergy prevalence.

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