You hear a lot about "gut health" in adults: fibre, fermented foods, stress, and sleep. While all of those are true, your gut story actually starts much earlier than your first mouthful of food. It starts at birth. 1. Before birth, the gut is nearly "microbe-free" In the womb, a baby has little to no exposure to the outside world of microbes. The environment is sterile and protected. Then, birth