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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Being born is an absolutely traumatic event, so a cry is normal and a sign everything went well. Birthing isn’t simply a matter of evacuating the uterus, there are circulatory and respiratory mechanisms that have to switch from relying on the umbilical cord to having the baby’s body become self sufficient for the first time ever. Crying is a welcome sign of that happening successfully.
And for the earworm of the day, “you would cry too if it happened to you”, thank you, Leslie Gore.
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