meconium…

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meconium, amniotic fluid, mucous, lanugo, fine hair that covers the baby's body, bile, cells, been shed, skin, intestinal tract, meconium is thick, greenish black, sticky, pregnancy the baby floats, in the amniotic fluid that fills the mother's uterus, fluid protects the baby, grows, develops, baby swallows the amniotic fluid which contains all the other constituents mentioned, the contents other than the amniotic fluid, filtered out, remain behind, in the intestine the amniotic fluid is absorbed, re-released, uterine space, the fetus urinates, cycle maintains the amniotic, healthy state, nine months of pregnancy, process of recycling the amniotic fluid occurs, every 3 hours, baby stools still inside the uterus, passing meconium, happens, the baby is under stress, once the meconium is passed, amniotic fluid, the baby to breathe the meconium into his lungs, meconium aspiration, cause inflammation, in the baby's lungs after he is born, inflammation, cause the baby to go into respiratory distress, meconium is detected, in the amniotic fluid, the mother's water breaks, special precautions, clear the fluid, baby's stomach, lungs, meconium aspiration.