The Early Immune System

Part of giving your baby the best possible start in life is helping it develop a strong and capable immune system.

Our immune system develops over our lifetime, providing us with immunity against diseases and infections that we encounter as we age.

For the last 3 months of pregnancy, antibodies (molecules that help fight off infection) are transferred through the placenta from you to your baby, providing them with passive immunity against some infections at birth.¹

This is what makes breastfeeding so important: antibodies continue to be passed from you to your baby through breast milk.¹

Breast milk contains a number of components that help support a baby’s developing immune system, one of them being human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) which form the 3^rd most abundant solid component in most mother’s milk.²

Learn more about HMOs and how they support the immune system