| Around 2 am, the rain hammering down on Brookline Avenue, a girl was lifted from the pond of blood, howling on cue, wiped clean of vernix and set in my trembling arms. |
| The vernix still nourished him by the skin. |
| A newborn baby is covered with a protective substance called vernix, which is washed off when the baby is first bathed. |
| Brace yourself for the delivery of a new replicant, not born as a baby but slithering out from a plastic sheath as an instant adult, slimy with fabricated vernix and quaking at the shock of being alive. |
| Rather than amniotic fluid contributing to soft skin, according to Kelly, babies in the womb are protected by vernix. |
| The amniotic fluid may be discolored by blood from a previous amniocentesis, excess vernix, or meconium. |
