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amniotic fluid From: bill sones (strangetrue@ameritech.net) Sun Aug 6 21:33:28 2000 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Geffrey Klein, MD: "Re: group B strep protocol" Previous message: Garry E. Siegel: "OB: VBAC" I am coauthor of a weekly newspaper column called "Strange But True," now in about 70 newspapers and magazines worldwide (Boys' Life Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Akron Beacon Journal, Portland Oregonian, Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Peoria Journal-Star, Ottawa Citizen, Halifax Herald, Vancouver Province, New Zealand Listener, Sur in English, Publico of Portugal, Gulf News--United Arab Emirates, Zambia Daily Mail, etc). We do the column in Q & A format, usually with three items per column, focusing on some of the ZANIER, MORE STARTLING byways of scientific research, such as dreams, voodoo, hypnosis, animal cognition, laws of happiness. It is our belief that verifiable facts and information are more fun to read than sensationalistic stuff that doesn't stand up to scrutiny, though it may make for titillating headlines. So, we're looking for the strange, but true. We wonder if you might help us PROOF FOR ACCURACY THE OFFBEAT Q & A BELOW, LOOKING AT THE PROPERTIES OF AMNIOTIC FLUID. Thank you very much for considering our request. By the way, I found your name and e-mail link by searching the Internet. TO VIEW A FEW "STRANGE BUT TRUE" SAMPLES ONLINE: http://www.ohio.com/bj/features/strange/ (Akron Beacon Journal) http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/strange/ (Cincin. Enquirer/Post) http://www.spiceisle.com/homepages/gvoice/homepage.htm (Grenada V) http://www.oregonlive.com/living/edge/archives/strange_index.html Cordially, -- Bill Sones 2685 Euclid Heights Blvd. #6 Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44106-2827 strangetrue@ameritech.net Q. Let's hear it for amniotic fluid! This little- appreciated intrauterine stuff the embryo floats in is a big part of the fetal bliss and relaxation so popularly envisioned. Detail its remarkable features. A. Floating is the key, secret swimmer in a secret sea, the embryo is lightened by liquid buoyancy and would be able to do nothing if this were not true, for "no newborn, not even the future Arnold Schwartzeneggers of this world, is able to stand or even sit up at birth, let alone do the gymnastics that the mother can so easily feel it carrying out in the womb," says David Bodanis in "The Body Book." No hot bath, beach or heated Jacuzzi can come close to the sense of gentle surround this fluid affords, for it is swallowed and "breathed" by the embryo, in a way that even scuba divers cannot breathe the water in which they float. Frequent bladder-emptyings into the fluid pose no problem, as the urine is diluted to non-irritating levels and then carried away, ultimately via the umbilical cord and placenta back to Mom's own blood, kidneys and bladder. Finally, amniotic fluid is a shock-absorber nonpareil-- with experimental mouse fetuses able to withstand up to 3,000 G's--so countless abdomen bangings from falls, carpet slips or car accidents are far more likely to injure Mom than the embryo, "who sits them out, floating peacefully away from the shocks, safe and weightless in its warm womb."  Next message: Geffrey Klein, MD: "Re: group B strep protocol" Previous message: Garry E. Siegel: "OB: VBAC"

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