I did some looking into this subject and a lot of people seem to think that they cry because they are scared, which could very well be true. I believe that babies actually cry because of the fact that the first inflation of the lungs is decently painful, at least that's what I learned in human development. Babies "practice" breathing in the womb but the lungs don't actually inflate until they are filled with oxygen. That's not a very interesting explanation though.
If we looked through the eyes of a baby, how would we see this?
- First off, the baby could be cold. In the womb a baby is almost always 98.6 degrees. How many hospitals are that warm? I can answer that question- not many, at least none that I've ever been in.
- Secondly, the world is LOUD! If you've been living in a decently quiet place and suddenly you're pushed out into a world with beeping, crying, yelling, talking and bustling around you wouldn't be very happy either.
- The umbilical cord allows for constant nourishment to the baby and all of the sudden it has been sawed off. That's it. No more food. Suck.
- You've been floating around in random fluids for 9 months. Now you're being tossed around from doctor to nurse to other nurses to mom to dad etc etc. Not fun. Talk about motion sickness!
These are just a few things that popped into my head about how I would feel if I had just been born but I guess we'll never know since we can't be born again.
That is very interesting! And you bring up some really interesting points. Birth doesn't seem very fun even as a concept for anyone. The mother goes through incredible pain and the baby, one can imagine, probably doesn't want to be torn away from its mother.
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