Sentences with phrase «called vernix»

Newborns emerge from the womb covered with a waxy substance called the vernix, which protects their skin from drying.

At birth, your baby's skin is covered with a waxy coating called vernix.

A greasy, cheeselike coating called vernix caseosa begins to cover your baby.

Your baby is covered by fine, downy hair called lanugo (luh - NOO - goh) and a waxy coating called vernix.

This wonderful fragrance your little one emits soon after birth comes from a whitish, waxy gunk called vernix caseosa.

Your baby may have a creamy yellowish - white coating called vernix on his or her skin at birth.

(Down the road, the lanugo will help to keep a protective substance called vernix on baby's skin, shielding it from amniotic fluid.)

Midway through this portion of the term your baby will be covered with a greasy, cheese - like coating called the vernix caseosa.

Some babies are born with a white coating called vernix caseosa, which protects their skin from the constant exposure to amniotic fluid in the womb.

When babies emerge from the womb, they're coated in a waxy, protective substance called vernix.

Not exact matches

The lanugo - vernix - amniotic fluid combo your baby is swallowing will form baby's first bowel movement, called meconium.