thread: HeadScratcher

  1. #1
    Registered User

    Mar 2011
    Melbourne
    948

    Red face HeadScratcher

    no not headlice lol

    a couple things i wanna know lol

    one doesnt it freak you out that babies breathe fluid
    i mean fish breathe fluids
    last time i cheaked i wasnt growing a fish lol
    and when your waters break what do they breathe then especially if they are breech and if they are breathing air then wouldnt a hydrobirth drown them???

    2. bubs is upside down has been for weeks
    how do they not get a terrible headache
    and how does it work
    you couldnt hold a newborn upside down

    lol

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Jan 2006
    11,633

    They don't breathe water. They get oxygen via blood from the ubilical cord. They do swallow the fluid, however. They don't breathe until they hit air, so a water birth is quite safe as they won't try to breathe til the get out.
    They are suspended and suported in water, it's not the same as being upside down out here.