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The baby receives oxygen from the red blood cells which are carried through the placenta from the mother to the child. The un-oxygenated blood cells then return to the mother where they go back to the heart and lungs to receive more oxygen.

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by the placenta. that's why smoking is bad for a baby because the CO2 also goes to the baby

through the falopian tube

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The mother is the "host" for the fetus until birth. All nutrition and growth support is done by virtue of the mother's umbilical cord. IT provides all oxygen and nutrition while connected.

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