Does a baby in the womb uses its mother's blood if yes then why?

Question

Does a baby in the womb uses its mother's blood if yes then why?

Answer 1

Did you know a baby can have a different blood type than the mother? This is because they have completely separate circulatory systems. Nutrients & oxygen pass to the baby through the placenta, where mom and baby's blood systems meet but do not mix. The placenta is attached to the baby by the umbilical cord.

Answer 2

Actually, captaincuervo is the one who is wrong. If the mother's blood and the baby's blood mixed, the mother's immune system would attack the baby, since it has the foreign DNA of the father and would seem to the immune system to be an invader. Special cells in the placenta pick up nutrients from the mother's blood and transmit them to the baby.

Answer 3

The blood from the mother does not mix with the baby's blood, but food, oxygen and waste pass between the two through separating membranes. Hope this helped.

Answer 4

yes, that's why pregnant women usually have pregnancy induced anemia... it needs to provide nutrition for another one developing inside their body... that's why whatever mom does or consumes would greatly affect the baby... but their blood doesn't mix like the others already explained.

Answer 5

Yes

That is how the baby receives nutrients.

ie whatever the mom eats the baby eats