If fetal urine production supports Amniotic Fluid does that mean a fetus spends 8+ weeks floating in it’s own waste?

Question

Title says it all. Read it an Anatomy text last year and never followed up with professor

In: Biology

Answer 1

Yes. The fetus is not only floating in urine but also ingesting and breathing it. The urine waste in fetus bloodstream goes thru placenta and expels waste to mother’s bloodstream