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Bifidobacterium infantis is a bacteria that an infant acquires from its mother when it passes through the birth canal. However, when an infant is born by Cesarean section or was given antibiotics there is a chance that there is not enough of this bacteria to colonize the colon properly. The Life Start probiotic is used for children for this reason. "

BOOM! a bright light just got flashed on then.. explains alot... i was an induced birth to a dissasociated mother who had both toxemia and cancer of the uterus, who after 4 months of my birth (of which i believe a month was spent in an incubator as my lungs werent fully developed) my mother got a breast infection. So i would definately be short of this bacterium without a doubt. On top of all that my mother was hugely dissassociated putting me in childrens homes alot before finally leaving for good when i was 8, putting me into foster care and separating me from the rest of my family... both situations of which definately contribute to my IBS-C which i only really succumbed to in 2010 age 27, although there was definately signs looking back. ... theres a huge link with stress-be it emotional or physical, with IBS, & alot of linkages with serotonin deficiency in the gut (alot of our serotonin is in the gut-serotonin we all know is our happy chemical, & we process our emotions through our gut-hence "gut instinct". Its possible that serotonin could be part of a messaging service for signals between our brain and our gut muscles, ofwhich the main problem of IBS is the inflamed intestine but also the muscles clenched around it in a state of spasm..... that to me is all quite interesting.. all of it, esp the bit about not getting the right amount of the bacterium from our mothers during birth.

Also in my case 2 major earthquakes (Sep2010 & the Feb22/2011 disaster) destroying almost everything familiar-places & buildings- cafes i went to, places i hung at, venues i went to raves & gigs at, places i lived in even-most of my friends having left, the city still in a shambles really.. and 2 years of aftershocks-11,000! & finally settling down (from sep2010 to now, Feb22/2011 being the major disaster) definitely made it all alot worse too i would think...

In regards to things helping... ive found SLIPPERY ELM POWDER to be pretty good, although in times like now where 2 days of "just being normal" over easter last weekend has put me in a state. its hard to see the efficacy of it in a crisis but ive used it before and its great...

In terms of Diet i try to follow the FODMAP diet, but its hard to follow it religiously.. in terms of the money ive spent on this life sentence that is IBS, i probably could have done an OE by now easily.. its like just getting wads of cash and throwing it to homeless people, sometimes theyd get better use of it... just tryting to find things that work, food that works, combinations that work, doctors visits, specialist visits.. all of it... it just absolutely INSANE! and really does make one go a little crazy at times... Meanwhile my social life and employment ability has pretty much gone down the drain... .. but hey as the say where theres life theres hope right?

But do definitely try Slippery Elm Powder, here ya get it at Health/herbal stores and its really very cheap too which is a bonus ($12nzd for 80gms-about 30? doses) ... for those looking for products & supplements cross border then try online stores like http://www.puritan.com/ & http://www.iherb.com/ , both of whom ship internationally and have really good deals on everything, about half the price of stock in shops. Good luck

Anyway.. much love and best wishes to all fellow sufferers.. Peace

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