I saw a reel on how african doctors will slap the baby for them to cry and i know for a fact that this is true and there must be a reason behind it but i just don’t get it
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-A crying baby is a baby with a functioning circulatory and respiratory system
Science speak:
In the womb, a baby doesn’t breathe the air via It’s lungs. Gas exchange occurs in the placenta, and that’ where baby gets his oxygen from. When the baby is born, its circulatory system rejigs itself, shunting blood to the lungs: and pathways both open up and slam shut to allow this. )ductus arteriosus (DA) flow changes from right-to-left to left-to-right and contributes considerably to the increase in pulmonary blood flow).
Crying helps these changes occur and assist the baby in transitioning to having their new little circulatory pathways be happy. Crying can help assist with the ventricular output required for this shunting to occur.
Crying also allows for all the “grape bunch” shaped alveoli in the little lungs to expand and increase the surface area of the alveoli. The alveoli are what allow for gas exchange (O2 and CO2) to happen.
A crying baby is usually a happy baby but the absence of crying in and of itself is not problematic. Sometimes they come out pink and happy and calm and just don’t cry. But that’s definitely not the norm.
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