What is a silent baby?

These babies have no physical disorders, but they show no emotions; they neither laugh nor cry, said Dr.
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What does it mean if a baby is born silent?

Particularly during birth, absolute silence must be maintained and the more gentle the delivery, the better." Silent birth is meant to make the transition to physical separation from the mother less painful for the child. The church does not rule against medication and caesarean section births.
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Can a baby be born silent?

And contrary to popular belief, a silent (or mostly silent) birth is possible (even if you're not a Scientologist!). “I've seen patients who are able to handle their labors very well and have a very peaceful and placid environment throughout their labor and delivery,” Dr. Nageotte says.
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Why do some babies not cry at birth?

If the baby is very large in size & it was a difficult delivery, the baby may not cry. If a baby is premature. If the baby has multiple congenital irregularities, a baby may not cry. Non-progression of labour & Obstructed labour, a baby may not cry.
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Do Japanese babies cry?

Perhaps because the sound of babies crying is less common in Japan, a lot of credence has been given to the idea that crying babies are an entirely avoidable phenomenon. Japanese babies are among the world's least-likely to cry, along with Danish and German babies, and even Japanese candy companies market their ...
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Which country cries the most?

Babies cry more in the U.K., Canada and Italy than they do in other countries, while babies in Denmark, Germany and Japan cry the least, a new study has found.
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Do African babies cry less?

Here are some of the reasons why African babies cry less than American babies: In Africa, everyone helps with childrearing. The baby is wrapped in a blanket when going out for protection from negative energy. Baby is always wrapped on the mother.
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How can you tell if a baby has autism?

Recognizing signs of autism
  • May not keep eye contact or makes little or no eye contact.
  • Shows no or less response to a parent's smile or other facial expressions.
  • May not look at objects or events a parent is looking at or pointing to.
  • May not point to objects or events to get a parent to look at them.
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What happens if a child doesn't cry after birth?

Conclusions: All nonbreathing infants after birth do not cry at birth. A proportion of noncrying but breathing infants at birth are not breathing by 1 and 5 minutes and have a risk for predischarge mortality. With this study, we provide evidence of an association between noncrying and nonbreathing.
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Are there babies that don't cry?

The authors looked at the incidence of “non-crying” and “non-breathing” babies at the time of birth, whether they needed resuscitation, and whether or not they survived. Infants were non-crying 11.1% of the time and 5.2 % were non-crying and non-breathing.
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Is painless birth possible?

Painless, normal delivery is possible by providing the mother with epidural anesthesia during labor. This is regional anesthesia that reduces pain in a certain part of the body.
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Whats the most painful part of labor?

While slightly more than half said having contractions was the most painful aspect of delivery, about one in five noted pushing or post-delivery was most painful. Moms 18 to 39 were more likely to say post-delivery pain was the most painful aspect than those 40 and older.
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Is human childbirth more painful than other animals?

Virtually all human mothers experience pain in childbirth, and delivery takes much longer than in other mammals. For example, in University of New Mexico researcher Leah Albers's 1999 study of 2,500 full-term births, labor lasted on average almost nine hours for first-time mothers.
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What does true labor feel like?

Typically, real labor contractions feel like a pain or pressure that starts in the back and moves to the front of your lower abdomen. Unlike the ebb and flow of Braxton Hicks, true labor contractions feel steadily more intense over time. During true labor contractions your belly will tighten and feel very hard.
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What does it feel like pushing with an epidural?

The Urge to Push With an Epidural

Sometimes this urge is overwhelming and women describe it as something that their body is doing and they have no control over it. Other times, it simply means that it feels better to push, particularly at the peak of a contraction, than it feels to not push.
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Do leaky breasts mean labor is near?

No. It doesn't mean labor is imminent. Leaking colostrum simply means your body is ready to feed baby.
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How do I know if my baby has brain damage?

Immediate Infant Brain Damage Symptoms
  1. Small head or skull.
  2. Large forehead.
  3. Malformed spine.
  4. Stiffness in the neck.
  5. Unusual or distorted facial features.
  6. Abnormal eye movement.
  7. Seizures.
  8. Excessive crying.
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Are C section babies more fussy?

COLIC GURU

yes, they do have a greater likelihood of getting colic, or at least, colic-like symptoms. c-section babies don't get 'stretched' out and 'squeezed' as they pass through the birth canal. as a result, they tend to be a little more 'curled up' and stiffer.
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Do babies feel pain during birth?

The results confirm that yes, babies do indeed feel pain, and that they process it similarly to adults. Until as recently as the 1980s, researchers assumed newborns did not have fully developed pain receptors, and believed that any responses babies had to pokes or pricks were merely muscular reactions.
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What are the 3 main symptoms of autism in babies?

Signs of autism in young children include:
  • not responding to their name.
  • avoiding eye contact.
  • not smiling when you smile at them.
  • getting very upset if they do not like a certain taste, smell or sound.
  • repetitive movements, such as flapping their hands, flicking their fingers or rocking their body.
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What are the 3 main symptoms of autism?

The symptoms to look out for in children for suspected autism are:
  • Delayed milestones.
  • A socially awkward child.
  • The child who has trouble with verbal and nonverbal communication.
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When do autistic babies talk?

Although typically developing children generally produce their first words between 12 and 18 months old (Tager-Flusberg et al. 2009; Zubrick et al. 2007), children with ASD are reported to do so at an average age of 36 months (Howlin 2003).
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What is the purple crying?

PURPLE crying is a stage that some babies go through when they seem to cry for long periods of time and resist soothing. Your baby may find it hard to settle or calm down no matter what you do for them. The phrase PURPLE crying was coined by the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome.
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Why do Danish babies cry less?

“The first year of a child's life is considered so important in Denmark and that's such a different perspective to other countries. Danish parents are much less stressed because they get good maternity and paternity leave.
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Why do Breastfed babies cry more?

The take home message is that parent-offspring conflict and signaling theory suggest that infant crying may at times be honest and may at times be a manipulation, but that unlike bottle-fed infants that can be frequently fed to satiety, breast-fed infants are more likely to cry because they have a more dynamic ...
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