growing fetus

by **opuntia** on Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:49 pm

can any of you tell me what will happen to a growing fetus if the mother's excretory waste reaches to it through the umbilical artery?

by **b_d_41501** on Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:39 pm

A very bad situation. :cry:

The child would no longer be in a sterile environment and would die if someting were to not be quickly done. The toxins would poison the susceptible child's immune system.

by **opuntia** on Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:54 pm

actually that's a case i have seen on the newspaper and as far as the news was concerned, the baby was fine when it was born but the mother wasn't

by **b_d_41501** on Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:53 pm

Really? That's a shocker. I would imagine it would be the complete opposite.

by **victor** on Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:43 pm

Have you forget about the Amnion (kinda liquid that protect the baby)? I've read it and one of the Amnion function is to prevent the fetus from bacteria (maybe it contains some antitoxin since one of the amnion former is Leucocyte)

by **MrMistery** on Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:05 pm

If the toxins get to the baby via the umbilical cord the amnion can't do anything

by **opuntia** on Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:30 am

MrMistery wrote:If the toxins get to the baby via the umbilical cord the amnion can't do anything

I think you are right.
Could there be any well developed defence mechanisms in that baby?[i mean it's possible isn't it :?:

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by **MrMistery** on Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:49 pm

Possible, but i don't really think so. This happens very rarely, so evolution would not go towards people with such a defense mechanism. Also remember that the baby when it is born doesn't even have it's own immune system. What are the cahnces of it having such a defense mechanism?