2006-06-29 11:20:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
No, babies are not fish. Babies do not need to breathe in utero, they get their needs met thru the umbilical cord. Sometimes babies will involuntarily "swallow" amniotic fluid causing them to hiccup, but this is not due to breathing.
2006-06-29 11:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by gatorgirl4 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is something called "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny". Actually, a structure resembling gill slits does usually appear during human development, pretty early on. They dissappear during the baby's development. Occasionally someone is born without one or more of the holes closing up, in which case the doctors suture the opening and the baby will be fine.
2006-06-29 18:26:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good for you for not beliving him. No babies in the womb do not have gills. Fish have gills. If you aren't sure then do a web search where you can contact someone by e-mail.
Lots of Drs will help you there.
2006-06-29 18:26:06 · answer #3 · answered by helpme1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. babies do not have gills. Babys "breathe" in the fluid in the womb.. it fills their lungs until the baby is born and actually breathes its first breath of air.
2006-06-29 18:23:56 · answer #4 · answered by manderstwin1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no no tgills, but they do not have lungs until around month 5
2006-06-29 18:23:07 · answer #5 · answered by geet840 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they don't have gills, they have an undeveloped set of lungs.
2006-07-05 19:12:20 · answer #6 · answered by babyashlie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
women have babies not fish!!!
2006-06-30 01:23:33 · answer #7 · answered by ~beautiful mystery~ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is not true.
2006-06-29 18:21:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they dont
2006-06-29 18:37:03 · answer #9 · answered by mommyofanangel06 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no they don't
2006-06-29 21:10:41 · answer #10 · answered by Heather W 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋