About this episode
The episode explores how babies grow inside a mother's womb and answers children's questions about childbirth.
Today's question was sent in by a LOT of you! Lizzie, Reuben, Archie, Mack and Ruth would like to know 'How do babies grow in a mummy's tummy?', Luana wants to know "Why do babies have blood on them when they're born?" and Grayson and Mackenzie want to know, 'How are babies really made?" Follow Nij and the kids along with Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino as we imagine ourselves inside a uterus to see how babies grow inside the body... For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best kids podcasts like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.
People in this episode
Host: Nij
Guest: Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino
Topics covered
- baby development
- pregnancy
- childbirth
- children's questions
- education
Keywords
- babies
- growth
- tummy
- pregnancy
- childbirth
- children's podcast
- education
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ABC Australia
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