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How is baby fed in mom when pregnant?

Through the umbilical cord.


How is the baby fed in the womb?

Nutrients pass through the placenta into the baby through the umbilical cord.


How is a baby fed in its mother's tummy?

The umbilical cord send food to the baby


What does a baby eat when it is in the womb?

The baby is fed through the umbilical cord and receives everything that the mother ingests.


How the body is fed before it is born?

The fetus receives nutrients through the umbilical cord.


When in labor what happens if baby poops?

Babies don't eat while in the womb. Nor do the breathe. they get fed nutrient rich blood through the umbilical cord.


How does a fetal pig obtain energy?

A fetal pig is fed by its mother through an umbilical cord just like a human fetus.


How is the unborn cheetah cub fed?

Like every other unborn mammal - through an umbilical cord hooked to the placenta hooked to the mother.


What does the word umbilical cord mean?

As a fetus gestates within its mother's womb, it is fed by a tube from a temporary organ called the placenta. The tube connects to the baby's belly. When the baby is born the tube is usually tied off and cut, and the remnant dries out and drops off in due course. The place where the umbilical cord was attached is called the navel or belly button.


Why is there no food in a fetal pig's stomach?

This is an unborn baby pig, and has never eaten anything. It got its nutrients via the placenta from the mother.


Do frogs have gills as a baby?

Not unless you're talking about some species of sharks. Mammal babies have umbilical cords, and are fed all they need through that, through their mother's blood stream.


Does your belly button have a purpose?

The bellybutton is a scar which occurs when the umbilical cord is removed after birth. The umbilical cord is what connects the feotus to the placenta of the mother and is how the feotus is fed by the mother whilst in the womb. Related links: http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/2299.aspx?CategoryID=54&SubCategoryID=128 (NHS umilical cord) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belly_button