Very silly question but why don't babies get dizzy when they are upside down in the womb?!

[ilikeyoursleeves]

I was just thinking this today when I had DS2 out in his sling. When babies aren't breech ie, head down in the womb, how come their blood doesn't rush to their head?

My dc5 had a true knot in her cord. M/ws were talking about it. At some point early on while she still had room she must have swum through a loop in it.

My DD had a true knot. She was a very very fidgety baby... still is actually.

My Mum hadn't seen the knot so when the midwife told my Mum she was a very lucky baby, Mum didn't quite understand and thought a true knot brought luck.

I've got a similar question to the fluid one- If you go swimming when you ae pregnant and dive to the bottom of the pool, you feel a build up of pressure in your ears until they pop, does this mean that a baby in your womb will feel the increasing pressure as you swim deeper and will their ears also pop?

Dito for take-offs and landings.

Oooo interesting responses and lots more questions generated! My DS2 was born at 39 weeks and he was pretty wrinkly, his hands were white and wrinkly like he'd been in a bath forever and his forehead made him look like he was a 70 year old man!

Not sure about the pressure in your ears question GwarchodwrPlant, hmmmm?

And thank God we never remember being born, it must be pretty terrifying for a baby,no wonder they come out totally wailing!!!

I have often wondered at what point they stop liking being upside down. Babies/toddlers love being upside down but generally adults hate it. I remember liking it & I know I now hate it, but I don't remember at what point it changed, or why.

Gwarch, I will hazard a guess at the ear pressure question.

You only feel pressure in your ear if there is air on the inner side of the ear drum. You get the blocked feeling if the air pressure in the environment increases but the pressure in the middle ear (behind the ear drum) stays the same - a problem usually cured by swallowing which equalises the air pressure.

Babies in the womb do not have any air inside their ears. Hence no problems with ear pressure.

As another poster has said, being in water is weightless.