2006-06-16 23:55:13 · 10 answers · asked by krystel k 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
because they are not breathing yet. oxygen is delivered through the umbical cord via blood, just like their "food". they actually do swallow the fluid once in a while, but a baby's first breath does not happen until after birth.
2006-06-16 23:59:48 · answer #1 · answered by Morgan T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In essence they share the mother's circulatory system via the umbilical chord. Something that has always puzzled me is why people fear the water so much when they get out.
2006-06-17 07:00:10 · answer #2 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
babies do not need to breathe until they leave the womb, so they have to learn very quickly when they come out.
2006-06-17 07:01:11 · answer #3 · answered by poohmad01 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because babies doesn't know how to drown yet, wait till he/she grows up.
2006-06-17 07:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by Joeyboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they don't breathe in the womb they get all their oxygen from the umblical cord
2006-06-17 06:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All lives are evolved from the edge of water..
2006-06-17 07:02:01 · answer #6 · answered by Drone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same reason why a brain isn't damaged with knocks and bumps - its the protective membrane
2006-06-17 07:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by dragon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he has a surfactant, covering the interior of his lungs.
2006-06-17 06:58:00 · answer #8 · answered by Sunshine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because my milk shakes bring all the boys to the yard.......nah seriously know...theyre good swimmers thats all
2006-06-17 07:43:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they use their life line
2006-06-17 06:58:37 · answer #10 · answered by mock-1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋