Sentences with phrase «smell of amniotic fluid»

A study done by Mennella determined that the smell of amniotic fluid changes depending on what Mom ingests.

The smell of amniotic fluid on your baby's hands is similar to a smell on your breasts.

Not exact matches

Your baby can detect odours that pass through into the womb and dissolve in the amniotic fluid, but they do this using the sense of taste rather than smell.

To determine if flavors are passed from the mother to the the baby via the amniotic fluid, researchers gave women garlic capsules or sugar capsules before taking a routine sample of their amniotic fluid — and then asked a panel of people to smell the samples.

Made of amniotic fluid, mucus, and skin cells, it doesn't really have a smell.

As the baby pushes up on her little elbows, sucks on her hand to get the taste of amniotic fluid, a property of which is similar to one secreted by the breast, she uses smell and taste as an additional guide to the nipple.

According to Julie Mennella of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, «Amniotic fluid is a complex «first food» that contains chemicals that have both tastes and smells.»

Since meconium is made of amniotic fluid, mucus, skin cells, and other stuff ingested in utero, it doesn't really smell — so you may not realize it's time for a diaper change.

(The amniotic fluid babies float in actually enhances their sense of smell.)