Inside pregnancy: How food reaches your baby
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Food reaches your developing baby through the umbilical cord after being filtered through the placenta.
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animated_fact_check Medically reviewed by Layan Alrahmani, M.D., ob-gyn
| Last updated: November 2021
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NIH. 2013. Your digestive system and how it works. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/Anatomy/your-digestive-system/Pages/anatomy.aspx [Accessed November 2021]
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