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Does an exchange of hormones or other chemicals occur between woman and fetus?
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Absolutely: Imagine that the pregnant woman is the "cafeteria line" for the feturs. Thus, whatever she gets into her blood stream will usually cross the placental "barrier" and go to the fetus.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Of course!: The placenta only looks like an impregnable barrier between mother and fetus; in fact it is a commonly developed organ that performs highly complex biochemical interactions between the maternal-fetal pair continuously. Even full cells and dna is exchanged between mother and fetus - let alone proteins and hormones, nutrients and metabolic byproducts.
Answered 12/9/2013
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