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A member asked:
30weeks pregnant and i feel like i can't breath sometimes or have to take in deep breaths. would this cut down oxygen to the baby?
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Unlikely to matter: Babies system selectively steals oxygen from you using blood cells that hold on to it better. Your brief periods of diminished ventilation are unlikely ti affect baby unless you were truly without oxygen for a period of time. Your bodies fail-safe mechanism is designed to kick in and restart your breathing if you passed out during an event, saving you both.
Answered 4/12/2013
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