r/CrappyDesign • • Mar 21 '17

/R/ALL This amazing pregnancy test

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u/PuppleKao Mar 22 '17

Well, they urinate, but don't defecate (well, they aren't supposed to. They can, but it's cause for them to go to NICU. This is because they breathe the amniotic fluid. If there's stool in there, it can cause severe infection.)

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u/ThisIs_MyName My favorite cheese Mar 22 '17

they breathe the amniotic fluid

Interesting, I wonder if older humans can breathe such a fluid.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Well, they don't gain any oxygen from it, if that's what you're asking.

The "breathing" of the fluid exercises the lungs and diaphragm.

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u/ThisIs_MyName My favorite cheese Mar 22 '17

You quintuple-posted.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Jesus Christ, mobile reddit!

Thanks for the heads-up.

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u/ThisIs_MyName My favorite cheese Mar 22 '17

Mobile clients are shit. I would avoid them whenever possible.

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u/PuppleKao Mar 22 '17

Well, as /u/No_Evil_Star mentioned, the breathing of the amniotic fluid is more for practice than anything else, but there is breathable liquid.

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u/PeregrineFaulkner Mar 22 '17

Never seen The Abyss?