A book on fetal development talks about how babies move in the womb
“Space permitting, fetuses might be rolling, back flipping, kicking, stretching, yawning, breathing, swallowing, somersaulting, turning their heads, flexing their feet, waving their arms, sucking their thumbs, holding their penises, rolling from side to side, hiccupping, jumping (startling) at loud noises from outside.
Only if they move a good deal will fetuses be doing enough muscle work for their joints, bones, and muscles to develop properly.… water, whether it is amniotic fluid surrounding a developing baby, or a pool in which children are free to fool around because of the freedom from gravity its buoyancy offers, is one of the best playgrounds ever created.”
Nikki Bradford The Miraculous World of Your Unborn Baby (London, UK: Salamander Books, 2004) 47
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