Mothers can potentially support a healthier vaginal microbiome for their child's colonization by consuming a diet high in dietary fiber and fermented foods during pregnancy.

“I mean, I think just common sense wise, you would imaging that foods that are healthy for the mother's microbiota so...which would be coming from a diet that's high in dietary fiber, fermented foods that that would be a good community to pass on to a child but that hasn't been looked at very carefully.”