I was just watching some t.v show about babies in the womb on the National Geographic channel. Then i thought of this question. Can or can they not breath?
2006-09-30 14:36:12 · 11 answers · asked by suppppppppppp♥ 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
I'm watching the same thing... they're not actually breathing, they're making the movements, its a way for them to develop the diaphram
2006-09-30 14:44:09 · answer #1 · answered by cynthetiq 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unborn babies don't really "breathe" in the womb. They do suck in and out the amniotic fluid (the mother's "water"). They receive all nutrients and gas exchange (oxygen/carbon dioxide) through the placenta and Umbilical cord. When they are born and take their first breath of air, a chemical called surfactant is secreted into the lungs causing them to be able to inflate correctly.
2006-09-30 14:46:25 · answer #2 · answered by jade_d05 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They breathe the body fluid in the mother's womb, like a kind of water. Have you seen the Abyss?
2006-09-30 14:43:40 · answer #3 · answered by almostdead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you paying attention? lol j/k Babies do not breath in the womb, oxygen is provided by the umbilical cord same as nutrition, also waste products ( C02) are removed by the umbilical cord
2006-09-30 14:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by snoop_dougie_doug04 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they don't breathe. Their lungs are filled with amniotic fluid until they are born. They receive oxygen via the umbilical cord from the mother.
2006-09-30 14:44:42 · answer #5 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They don't. Circulation and oxygenation occurs via the placenta until birth occurs. That is when a series of mechanical changes occur during the chest being squeezed and hopefully the first breath is taken.
2006-09-30 14:39:33 · answer #6 · answered by firestarter 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They don't. They live off blood (including oygenated blood and flood) from the mother until birth. That is when they take their first breath of air.
Which is why we call that the start of life.
2006-09-30 15:15:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Their lungs are filled with amniotic fluid. Like everyone else said it is the cord that delivers oxygen.
2006-09-30 14:45:22 · answer #8 · answered by BumbleBee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they dont have to breathe they get oxegen through the umbilical cord. and i was watching that show to pretty cool huh?
2006-09-30 14:40:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They get oxygen and everything they need from the umbilical cord.
2006-09-30 14:39:26 · answer #10 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋