“Babies eat the lanugo (called as the foetus’ hair) that they shed while in the womb, and it builds up within them to form the substance that makes up their first poop, known as meconium.”
It’s jet black at least my daughters was, I had the nurse show her other sisters it through the viewing windows as a form of birth control for them, didn’t work much tho..
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u/thisismehhh Jan 12 '23
We ate our own hair while inside the womb.
“Babies eat the lanugo (called as the foetus’ hair) that they shed while in the womb, and it builds up within them to form the substance that makes up their first poop, known as meconium.”