When I was asked to present a three-part series about the first nine months of life and explore how these precious months impact on the rest of your life I wondered if there would be anything new to say. After all I’d been there myself, had four children and delivered plenty of others. Could life in the womb hold any great surprises?
Well, like the oceans and deep space, it turns out that the watery womb is a world of mystery, one that is only slowly revealing its secrets. And one of the most striking things I found was how much difference what a mother eats at the time of a child’s conception can have on the rest of that child’s life.
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