2007-06-11 06:34:19 · 19 answers · asked by brod2004 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Babies don't cry out loud in the womb because their lungs are filled with fluid. To make sound, oxygen leaves the lungs, passes by the vocal cords and make the vibration that produces sound. When there is fluid in the lungs, this process can not happen. That is why a baby's first cry is so important. It tells the doctor that the baby's lungs are working. Babies still do have a personality in the womb and have likes, dislikes, and get uncomfortable. So, they may show facial expressions and even mock, or practice crying. Crying is an instinct that developes early on in deveolpement, but it is not audable untill birth and oxygen has taken the place of the fluid.
2007-06-11 06:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had an u/s the other day and it looked like my daughter was crying....the doctor informed me that babies in the womb do silently cry....it's kind of scary but true.
2007-06-11 07:35:05 · answer #2 · answered by oOoLaLaiTzSina 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Haven't u ever noticed why the doctor smacks them on the behind when they are born? So they cry which means they are taking their first breath of air in the world. They breathe through the amniotic fluid in the uterus. So they can't cry if they are not breathing thru their mouth. They are breating thru their umbilical cord attached to the MOMMa!
2007-06-11 06:39:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says they can't? There have been studies that have shown a baby at 28 weeks gestation crying in the womb when startled. It's not the same since they are under water, but it's basically the same thing.
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/aug/05082606.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,169261,00.html
2007-06-11 06:36:05 · answer #4 · answered by Melissa 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no air in the womb. The lungs cannot inflate, which is necessary to cry audibly.
2007-06-11 06:37:48 · answer #5 · answered by Sabrina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While they can't make noise since their lungs are filled with fluid, I'm sure they do cry in that they have the same emotions and facial features. I'm pretty sure my little guy was crying the other day when he whacked his foot off my rib, I know I was ready to!
2007-06-11 06:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by babybugs1980 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure they are able to. have not got self belief while those human beings inform you recognize. My obgyn and my healthful families woman who does analyze on it informed me there has been analyze performed in this and analyze instruct and function recordings of infants crying in the womb no they are able to't make sound yet yet they are able to cry. believe me in this. seem it up
2016-10-08 23:52:14 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE IT TAKES OXYGEN AND I MEAN REAL AIR IN THEIR LUNGS TO CRY AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE FILLED WITH THE FLUID FROM IN THE WOMB THEREFORE THEY CAN'T CRY UNTIL THEY TAKE THEIR FIRST BREATH
2007-06-11 06:37:32 · answer #8 · answered by DIXIEMS 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They yawn and hiccup by 3 months - they may cry as well and we just don't know.
2007-06-11 06:37:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only thing they could do is make facial gestures like smile or frown. They can't actually make sounds until they're born.
2007-06-11 06:36:27 · answer #10 · answered by nyyankeesg1rl 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋