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Do babies go wrinkly in the womb?

Question

When you lie in the bath, your baby goes all crinkly. When a baby is in the womb, does the same thing happen?
Andy, Slough

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Natasha, Sheen
Qualification: I’ve got three children
Answer: When babies come from the womb, they are covered in a white, waxy substance called vernix. Normally, the nurses wipe the substance off them as soon as they are born.
(James O’Brien: So it’s like Scotchguard for humans!)

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