Question

Why don't babies choke on amniotic fluid while they are in the uterus?

Answer 1

While in the uterus, babies make breathing motions, but they are totally surrounded by fluid, so they are sucking in amniotic fluid. They don't choke because there is no air in their lungs until after they are born. They are getting oxygen through the umbilical cord until they are born and begin to breathe air.

Answer 2

because they breath through the embelical cord

Answer 3

Because they recieve oxygen through the mother's umbilical cord. They don't (can't) use their lungs until they are born.

Answer 4

They dont choke because, untill they actually breath air from the outside world, they have this fluid in the lungs.They dont breath as such.. They get all the oxygen and nutrients from the umbilical cord which is attached to the placenta, which is there life support system till theirs is fully developed and matured enough to be born.

Answer 5

As others have rightly answered, the babies do not use their lungs until birth. The placenta supplies the baby everything it needs to live. The problems only start at the time of birth. A baby has to be born head first to prevent choking inside. Ever wondered why doctors hang the newborn upside down and pinch it to make it cry? That is to clear out the breathing space of any fluid that might have gone in during delivery.

Answer 6

Yeah, babies don't breath in the uterus, they get oxygenated red blood cells from the mother through the umblillical cord. Same with eating and stuff, babie dont use their throats untill they're born

Answer 7

Because their lungs haven't inflated yet.

Answer 8

They do not breathe until they are born and they either scream or the doctor slaps their bottom to make them take a breath. They do swallow the amnionic fluid. In the uterus they get their oxygen through the umbilical cord, but not by mixing of the red blood cells.