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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Babies get blood with oxygen from the umbilical cord which is cut during childbirth, so it’s important that the baby starts to breathe. A complication is that the baby’s nose, sinuses and lungs had no air in them in the uterus, and may be filled with amniotic fluid. That’s why back in the day the doctor would hold the baby upside down and slap its bottom to flush fluid and encourage the baby to breathe by crying.
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