2006-07-26 01:25:36 · 7 answers · asked by Mehrdad Nouri 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
They are filled with fluid some is pushed out during the compression of the birth canal but the rest is sucked out. If a c-section as soon as they are born they suck it out. The more over due the less fluid.
2006-07-26 01:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember in the movies, how the doctor has to smack the baby's butt to make it cry? He's not just being mean- he's performing an essential step to force the baby to use its lungs for the first time. While in the womb, the baby's lungs are still growing, pretty much right up until birth (one of the reasons even a few weeks preemie is dangerous- the lungs may not be fully developed) The umbilical cord transfers material directly between the mother's blood stream and the baby's, nothing passes through any of the baby's internal organs until after it is born.
2006-07-26 08:30:47 · answer #2 · answered by Robin J. Sky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are full of fluid at birth. The lungs are compressed thru the birth canel and that squeezes some of the fluid out. Before birth the lungs are not fully expanded and that first cry opens them up.
2006-07-26 08:28:59 · answer #3 · answered by inkberryfairy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no fluid filling the babies lungs. He receives the oxygen directly to his blood stream. That way, nothing enters his lungs but he still gets the oxygen he needs.
2006-07-26 08:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by Aloofly Goofy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fetal infant will "breathe" fluid until it's born and the fluid will come out and it will start to breathe air.
2006-07-26 08:33:40 · answer #5 · answered by Sassy OLD Broad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lungs do not funtion until the baby is born.
2006-07-26 08:33:15 · answer #6 · answered by CTMEDS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is expelled when the baby cries that is why some doctors spank them in the butt or hold them by the leg (right or left).
2006-07-26 08:28:43 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Suave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋