Re: Why don't babies lose water while in utero?

Date: Sat Aug 28 04:25:38 2004
Posted By: Bruce Lobitz, M.D., Emergency Physician
Area of science: Anatomy
ID: 1091460401.An

Message:


The amniotic fluid that bathes a fetus in the uterus is the same 
concentration as the fluid in the fetus itself so there is no net 
movement of water or salts either way.

Please also see:
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1090270850.An.r.html 
for a very nice discussion on this topic.

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