Crying Baby

I feel that they may feel insecured to leave the warmth of the womb,bcoz the whole of nine months they are in womb protected and suddenly when they come out they are unaware of the new world and get puzzled and might start crying.

..hi.. not all babies cry after the delivery.. actually, doctors would usually pinch or do something with the baby to see if the baby responds.. that's one way of seeing how active the vital organs of the baby is.. If the baby won't cry in any way, there's something wrong.. When I gave birth, my baby didn't cry immediately.. when they were already bathing her, that's when she cried.. I don't think the reasons you've enumerated have some bearings.. but I won't say they are wrong.. we are entitled with our opinion after all.. so its just a matter of sharing.. and this is my own knowledge gathered from personal experience and some interviews I have had before..

The baby has been living in his or her mother's womb. It was a lovely and comfortable place. All of a sudden at the end of the mothers pregnancy the baby had to go on a challenging journey out of the mother and into the outside world. It must be demanding to be born. One lady had a c section and her baby didn't cry when he was born. She was told this was normal because the baby didn't have a demanding journey like a baby that is born in the usual way. That baby was lifted out and had been happy in the comfortable womb of his mother. All healthy babies that are born in the usual way cry when they are born. I think it is natural for them to do that. They were happy in the womb and now they have come out into the world. Yes, it might feel cold compared to the warm and safe womb. Imagine a child at a water park going down a big slide and then he comes into the water at the end of a long tunnel. He might scream with pleasure. A newborn baby cries with excitement of at last coming into the outside world. Every baby I have had has been born crying. I guess it was a shock to come flying out in the space of two contractions. I have had three home births.

lamopar well if you had just spent nine months sheltered in nice warm uterus and now were suddenly propelled out into a too bright delivery room with the air pretty cool, and everyone talking and making a lot of noise you did not yet understand,would you not scream a little to tell people hey Im cold and I am hungry, and quit making so much noise you hurt my tender eardrums. really its the sudden departure from the safety of mom's womb out into the cold real world. the baby will soon be warmed and cuddled and whispered to soothingly then the baby will maybe even smile or gurgle.

i am no expert friend but as far as i know the baby cries is a sign that they are alive. some doctors even give them a smack in the bottom if they dont cry when they are out of the womb. that is what i think of it. maybe they are also crying inside but we dont hear it specially when they really wanted to go out during the labor of the mother. the cry means let me out of here. har har har

Hello Lampar! You made me think hard of that question. I am studying nursing and I have been assisting many mothers during their deliveries. And it never came to the point to ask myself or someone, "why do a baby cries soon after birth?" That was an mind activating question. And after reading your discussion, I was like, "yeah, why is it? I never thought of that before." Now here's a thing I know about giving birth. As mentioned by your 1st responder, sometimes there are babies who failed to cry and it signals that there is something wrong with the baby's respiration. It might be cause of presence of fluid in the oral and nasal cavities or it might be cause of a cord coil or other potential serious causes. We use the APGAR (Activity-Pulse-Grimace-Appearance-Respiration)scale/scoring to rate the baby's condition. About your question if all babies born crying first? Critically thinking and to analyze it, NO all the babies not born crying first. By the time the baby gets out, he can't able to cry because of the presence of fluids in his oral or nasal cavity. That is why we directly use oral and nasal suction bulbs to suction and get rid of those fluids. That is the very first thing we prioritize by the moment the baby is delivered - the airway for respiration. After that, the baby begins and able to cry which is a good sign. Now for the question why baby cries after delivery or after suctioning, here's what your question made me think of: crying is the baby's response to discomfort and change of temperature/environment, just like when a baby feels hungry they respond through it through crying, right? This concept is true because by the time we finished cutting and cleaning the cord of the baby, cleaning the baby and dressing him up, the baby stops crying. =)