The impact of perinatal maternal stress on the maternal and infant gut and human milk microbiomes: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perinatal maternal stress, which includes both psychological and physiological stress experienced by healthy women during pregnancy and the postpartum period, is becoming increasingly prevalent. Infant early exposure to adverse environments such as perinatal stress has been shown to increase the long-term risk to metabolic, immunologic and neurobehavioral disorders. Evidence suggests that the human microbiome facilitates the transmission of maternal factors to infants via the vaginal, gut, and human milk microbiomes. The colonization of aberrant microorganisms in the mother's microbiome, influenced by the microbiome-brain-gut axis, may be transferred to infants during a critical early developmental period. This transfer may predispose infants to a more inflammatory-prone

SUBMITTER: Ryan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11870360 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature