When the baby is in utero, it is receiving oxygenated blood from the placenta, so it doesn’t have to breathe. Actually its lungs are full of fluid.
There are a couple of different things that trigger a baby to take its first breath. Hormonal changes that are triggered by its mother going into labour, being physically handled by the doctor/midwife, being exposed to oxygen… all tell the baby that it’s not in the uterus anymore.
Most babies take their first breath within about 10 seconds of being born.
When the baby is in utero, it is receiving oxygenated blood from the placenta, so it doesn’t have to breathe. Actually its lungs are full of fluid.
There are a couple of different things that trigger a baby to take its first breath. Hormonal changes that are triggered by its mother going into labour, being physically handled by the doctor/midwife, being exposed to oxygen… all tell the baby that it’s not in the uterus anymore.
Most babies take their first breath within about 10 seconds of being born.
When the baby is in utero, it is receiving oxygenated blood from the placenta, so it doesn’t have to breathe. Actually its lungs are full of fluid.
There are a couple of different things that trigger a baby to take its first breath. Hormonal changes that are triggered by its mother going into labour, being physically handled by the doctor/midwife, being exposed to oxygen… all tell the baby that it’s not in the uterus anymore.
Most babies take their first breath within about 10 seconds of being born.
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