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Why can babies breathe in water when there in the moms tummy but when they are born you cant breathe in water?
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∙ 12y ago
The unborn child does not breathe in their mother's womb. Instead they get oxygen dissolved in the blood supply from their mother through the umbilical cord (a sort of pipe which connects to the baby's tummy).
After the baby is born it can breathe for itself and the cord is not needed anymore and so is cut and tied by the midwife. This eventually shrivels up and falls off leaving just the "belly button".
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∙ 12y ago
In the womb, babies receive oxygen through the placenta and do not use their lungs to breathe. The amniotic fluid surrounding them helps protect and provide buoyancy. However, once born, babies must immediately start using their lungs to take in air and cannot breathe in water as it would enter their airways and cause drowning.
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If babies can breathe in water in your belly then why cant we breathe under water?
Babies don't breathe the water in the womb. Their mothers breathe for them, and supply them with oxygen through the umbilical cord. Babies don't start breathing until they are born. Humans, well no mammal can breathe water, because our lungs can't get any oxygen from it. Although they do the same job, gills work in a slightly different manner, which allows fish to get oxygen from the water the way we get it from the air.
Do babies defecate in their mum's tummy?
No they dont. not until they have been born will they pass faetal matter
Can newborn babies open their eyes?
Babies can open their eyes when they are born. In fact, they have been looking around in mother's tummy for about 15 weeks before this.
How do babies breathe in mom bellied?
The unborn child does not breathe in their mother's womb. Instead they get oxygen dissolved in the blood supply from their mother through the umbilical cord (a sort of pipe which connects to the baby's tummy). After the baby is born it can breathe for itself and the cord is not needed anymore and so is cut and tied by the midwife. This eventually shrivels up and falls off leaving just the "belly button".
Why was Virginia apgar famous?
She made a scoring system for the babies who was just born this was to help them breathe and help the babies who had many problems
Why does blood bypass though a babys lungs until its born?
Is is so the baby can still breathe in the mother's tummy,and get any carbon dioxide out.
How long is baby in a mothers tummy for?
it depends it can be 9 months or 0 months and 2 weeks but after 2 weeks the babies have to be born
Do babies always cry when they are being born?
this is a reflex that babies develop BEFORE birth. they are learning how to breathe because once the umbilical cord is cut they are on their own. when they are born they enter air and are no longer in the water that covered them. with an umbilical cord their is no need to breathe air in the womb for their is none but when babies emerge to the world they start crying right away to practice their breathing. we all did this when we were newborns. babies are just "testing" to see if their lungs are working and ready to be used. that is why when a baby does not cry immediately doctors start to worry and rub their backs tp rty to get them to react and start crying.
Do newborn babies need water?
of course new born babies needs water as any other human being does. However babies get the water they need by means of their mother breast feeding.
Can people breathe water?
No. We can't. As infants we can breathe liquids for the first 9 months of our lives.When we are born, we rely on oxygen in the air.
How do you breathe under water when you are first born?
You don't. Humans, of any age, can't breathe underwater w/o the aid of machines. But babies have two things going for them. First it's something called the dive reflex that'll have them hold their breath. Secondly, if they're actually born under water, they won't need to breathe as long as the umbilical cord and the placenta is intact. They've gotten their oxygen from the blood from the mother through the umbilical cord, since conception, and a few minutes longer will work just fine.
Are hermit crabs born in the water?
I think they are because the momma crab has the Babies on the shore the water comes up and Sweeps them into the water and then they are born..
