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Isn't this going to stop the baby from breathing?
by rokhayakebe 13y ago
Isn't this going to stop the baby from breathing?
- ianferrel 13y agoWhat do you think the baby is breathing in the womb/birth canal? (presumably you don't leave the baby in a plastic bag after it's out)
- chrsstrm 13y agoHa, I read this in Morpheus' voice. "Do you think that's air you're breathing now?..."
- rokhayakebe 13y agoI see now.
- ceejayoz 13y agoBabies don't breathe at this point, as they've got a face full of female reproductive tract at the time.
- rayiner 13y agoThe baby is attached to the placenta, which remains in the womb, via the umbilical cord and gets oxygen this way during the birth process. Once the baby is fully out it starts breathing (the first cry). Then the placenta is delivered.