The food-borne bacterial infections listeriosis--caused by Listeria monocytogenes --and salmonellosis or food poisoning--caused by Salmonella bacteria--can be transmitted to a fetus.
Antibodies in the maternal blood prevent most infections from being transmitted to the fetus.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common infection that can be transmitted to a fetus.
Maternal to fetal infections are transmitted from the mother to her fetus, either across the placenta during fetal development (prenatal) or during labor and passage through the birth canal (perinatal).
Premature labor and delivery of the fetus, infections of the mother and/or the fetus (amnionitis and endometritis), and compression of the umbilical cord (leading to oxygen deprivation in the fetus).
The structure that pushes the fetus out of the mother is called the uterus.
Yes, there is no danger to the fetus is the mother is type A and baby is type B
A fetus gets all of it's nutrition from their mother. The mother has all of the nutrients and passes them along to the fetus.
blood flow from the mother to the fetus
During pregnancy, the mother's immune system undergoes changes to tolerate the fetus, which is genetically different. Key factors include hormonal changes, immune cell regulation, and the placenta's role in immune tolerance. These factors help prevent rejection of the fetus while protecting against infections. Imbalances in immune regulation can lead to complications like preterm birth or preeclampsia, affecting both the mother and fetus.
it is the interface between the fetus and the mother's blood supply it acts like a filter - supplying nutrients to the fetus and disposing of waste material from the fetus to the mother all of this without actually mixing the blood of the fetus and the mother
The uterus is an organ and thus part of the mother. Did you mean from the fetus to the mother? If so, the umbilical cord goes from the fetus to the mother
Yes. The fetus can't decide what to eat or drink, it gets everything from the mother. If the mother gets what she needs, then the fetus can get what it needs. If the mother is eating junk, then the fetus is getting junk. If the mother does drugs, some of those are passed on to the fetus as well. Sometimes, babies born by addicted mothers have to go straight to rehab to cure them of their addicitions.