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good review of data on complications of vaginal mesh surgery.  The rate of erosion found to be up to 20% in multiple studies.

Study finds infants born vaginally have gut flora similar to mother's vaginal flora--Lactobacillus, Prevotella, or Sneathia species.  In contrast, those born via C/S have gut flora similar to that on the skin surface--staphylococcus, corynebacterium...

vaginal flora.  Lactobacillus produce H202.

review of female vaginal microbiome.

Lactobacillus is the predominate bacteria in the vaginal flora environment.

vaginal mesh and chronic inflammation

Large meta-analysis out of Scottland finds that C-S versus vaginal delivery reduces urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, but is associated with an increased obesity risk of child.

only abstract available here, but vaginal erosion rate found to be 7-20%.

good review of vaginal bacterial flora

vaginal mesh

vaginal mesh elicits chronic foreign body reaction

vaginal mesh

vaginal mesh and inflammation

Mesh implantation, here in the vaginal area, increases both M1 and M2 maturation migration. M1 increases pro-inflammatory signaling and processes and M2 promotes remodeling/healing... Both increase, but M1 increases more than M2 proportionally. M2 can increase the bridge scaring that can occur as well as the potential for immune suppression and autoimmune/cancer implications

nice review of complications associated with vaginal mesh POP surgery.  The exposure rate was quoted at up to 10% by the review, but one study found the erosion rate to be 18% in slings, a much less complicated surgery compared to POP surgery.

vaginal mesh erosion rates found to vary from 0.3% to 23% in 5 year study.

erosion/extrusion rate of vaginal mesh placement is up to 17.3% in study.

only abstract available here, but vaginal mesh exposure was found in 18.8% in 5 year prospective study of 95 women.

the usage of antibiotics during the first 6 months of a child's life appears to be associated with an increased risk of overweight in children.  There was a slight increased association with mode of delivery (C/S worse than vaginal), but this was not statistical.

Individuals with obesity and type II Diabetes been found to have significantly different gut bacteria populations compared to healthy individuals.  This is not new information.  The firmicutes:bacteroidetes ratio has been long known to be elevated in obese individuals vs those that are lean.  The question here is cause and effect.  Is the change in the bacterial population leading to obesity and type II diabetes?  Or is diabetes and obesity leading to changes in the bacterial population?  A heavy-laden carb diet is know to lead to a change to a more unhealthy gut bacterial population--maybe it is just a product of diet?  Maybe it is effected by vaginal delivery vs cesarean delivery?  Maybe breast feeding plays a role.  Maybe, all the above is required. The point is that the cause of obesity and type II diabetes may have its origins deep, deep in the...well you know. http://ow.ly/yqDML