The human foetus and placenta have a different genotype from the mother. The foetus HAS BEEN described before as ACTING in a parasitic way: it avoids rejection by the mother and exerts considerable influence over her metabolism for its own benefit, in particular diverting blood and nutrients. And yes it's in HIS body but it's a completely separate entity. It just depends on the mother for its survivol but it's a living thing and a potential human ( or whatever they call in the omegaverse world).
But there are also reasons why the foetus or embryo is NOT a parasite. I'll post them below
There are at least 10 scientific distinctions between a parasite and a fetus (bolds & italics added for easy perusal):
1. A parasite is an organism of one species that lives in or on an organism of another species and receives nourishment from the host.
2. Parasites are invasive organism that come from an outside or external source. A fetus comes from an inside or internal source (ie fertilized egg)
3. Parasites are generally harmful to the hosts, fetuses may make a pregnant woman experience adverse health effects, but not nearly to the same level that a parasite generally does.
4. A parasite makes direct contact with the host's living tissues. A fetus lives in the placenta, fed by the umbilical cord, both of which are fetal tissue (ie the cells come from the baby).
5.When a parasite invades a host, the host tissue will usually respond by encapsulating the parasite in order to cut it off from other surrounding tissue. In the case of a fetus, the mother’s tissue will create a lining tissue that connects, rather than cuts off contact with other tissues (placenta lining).
6. Parasites usually elicit a surge of antibodies as an immunological response. With the fetus, however, a mother’s trophoblast (the shell of cells surrounding the embryo) will naturally block these antibodies so as not to reject the fetus. This reaction is only found in the embryo-mother relationship.
7.A parasite will generally weaken the cellular reproductive capacity of the host.For a fetus, the effect is the opposite.
8. Parasites generally stay with the host for life, a fetus leaves upon birth.
9. Parasitical relationships are mostly harmful and unnecessary to the host, generally damaging the host in a variety of ways. A newborn (fetus post-birth) is very healthy for the mother, bringing benefits of an emotional, cognitive and chemical nature.
10.The most obvious one, a fetus is a human being in development. It will never become anything other than human. Even a first trimester fetus will have fully developed arms, legs, ears, facial features, sex organs and a functioning heart, as well as sufficient neurological development to feel pain. A parasite is not a human and never will be.
I can send the source links if you want. Look, I'm not looking for an arguement. I'm simply just sharing my views and if you're pressed by that then that ain't problem. Goodbye!
No I'm a biomedical science student so I'm not as informed as a medical student but what we learn are somewhat similar. I also don't agree that he should keep the baby, I was just explaining the biology behind it because some of the comment stated some incorrect facts . And about morning sickness, I can find some sources for you.
From what I read, morning sickness has many causes. Sometimes it can be hormonal, such as increased levels of hCG, or it may be due to increased blood pressure. Other studies have shown that 'morning sickness protects the embryo by causing pregnant women to physically expel and subsequently avoid foods that contain teratogenic and abortifacient chemicals, especially toxic chemicals in strong-tasting vegetables, caffeinated beverages and alcohol'. One hypothesis states that it may be a signal to let their partner know that they are, in fact, pregnant. In short, Vomiting and nausea can't be put under the general term of 'morning sickness' because it has many causes.
To put it in simpler terms, biomedical science focuses on the diagnostic side, or the scientific side behind medicine. Medical students learn biomedical principles so they can be applied to clinical settings. In a way you can say that the biomedical students learn all the pre-clinical science courses of medicine. Medical students know anatomy in much more greater detail than biomed students, mainly because we focus more on physiology.
I also wanted to get into medicine but my grades weren't that excellent for medical school. Anyway, I don't really know much about medicine so I just wrote whatever I could find.So I'm sorry that the points are all over the place but I hope it's helpful ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
not at all. A doctor and a Biomedical scientist do completely different things. A biomedical scientist works in the labs and is responsible for investigating and diagnosing patient illnesses, whereas doctors have direct contact with patients. We are the ones that carry out tests on samples taken by doctors and nurses in order to diagnose a range of illnesses and diseases.
Please the baby did nothing wrong. Don't talk about abortion pleaseee