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A Baby's View of Birth
Every pregnant woman wonders -- often with a wince or two -- how a seven-, eight-, or even nine-pound baby manages to fit through an opening roughly the diameter of a bagel. But Mother Nature equips infants with a soft skull for a reason. "When you touch a newborn's head, it feels almost like tiles," says Richard Auerbach, MD, neonatologist at the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, in Hollywood, Florida. "And where the grout would be are soft areas that allow a baby's head to remain pliable as it passes through the birth canal." The head of every baby born vaginally becomes misshapen to some degree during the birth process, but even the most pronounced "conehead" returns to normal within a few days.
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I know i so seen that, like you dont know what color your kids hair an eyes will be when its 4, geesh: yeah that was a lil crazy!!!
8/3/2011 11:20:57 PM Report Abusescary
6/7/2011 10:12:02 AM Report AbuseWell hopefully, I won't have as much as trouble as Parents magazine claims the birth/labor to be when I'm pushing this little tyker out. If anything, I'm sure things will pan out like I want them to be and go smoothly. It's hard that I have trouble sleeping at night and I am prone to infections. I just want this to be one less thing I have to deal with. Having to go through labor then finding out I may end up with C-section is hard enough as it is.
6/6/2011 08:41:22 AM Report AbuseIf you have any questions about your prgancy its best to ask your ob/gyn
6/4/2011 08:39:55 PM Report AbuseANOTHER QUESTION..I ALWAYS HAVE BRAXTON HICKS EVEN WHEN IM JUS SITTING DWN DOING NTHN IS THAT NORMAL AT 30WEEKS?
6/1/2011 02:51:48 AM Report AbuseI HAVE REALLY BAD MIND HEAD ACHES ONLY AT NIGHT DOES ANYONE KNO WAT THE DEAL IS CAS IT SUCKS
6/1/2011 02:49:45 AM Report AbuseSo this is the baby's view of birth? Sorry but I doubt the baby is thinking, "hmm... guess this bagel-sized opening is gonna be okay because my skull feels like tiles." What is with Parents always putting some crazy title on something so lame, like that "height, eye color, and hair color predictor for the baby you are expecting" and then it asks for your child's height at 4 yrs old.
3/14/2011 01:42:55 PM Report Abuse