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The Baby's First Cry After Birth
Hämmerle, U. [1]

Journal: Unpublished MSc thesis Wiener Schule für Osteopathie, Date: 2007/01, Pages: 52, type of study: retrospective study

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Keywords:

birth [49]
first cry [1]
retrospective study [213]
WSO [433]

Abstract:

The aim of my thesis is to take scientific a look at the baby’s first cry right after birth and the effects if it does not occur within the first 20 seconds. To me personally the topic is so important since I strongly believe that many diseases such as weakness of the immune system or recidivious infectsions, parcially disturbed abilities or learning difficulties derive from the lack of the baby’s first cry. My examination consisted of 34 children of both sexes aged two to 12 month. One half performed the first cry within 20 seconds after birth, the other half didn’t. For the reason of documentation I used a patient data sheet provided by the Osteopathic Childrens Clinic in London. An additional statistic-sheet was used for the evaluation. The evaluation proved an obvious and interesting differnece between critical or rather uncritical course of pregnancy and birth. Babies who performed their first cry within 20 seconds came from more difficult pregnancies than those who did not cry out loud. Sometimes even the umbilical cord was twisted around their necks. In comparison the ones without the cry came from rather untroubled pregnancies. A great difference was also noticed in term of suctioning: non-crying-babies got suctioned more often than crying-babies. The most tremendous difference between the two groups were the physical changes of the children’s bodies. With non-cryers I examined more often tentions on the sternum, on C0/C1 and on anterioren dura girdle, a not completely expanded diaphragm and third ventricle as well as an unclear midline. There were also interesting differencens in terms of symtoms. Non-cryers were diagnosed more often with restlessness, weaping and re-accuring congested sinuses. No obvious differences I found concerning the duration of contaractions and drip. There were also no differences in terms of insymetry of head bones, strains, thorathic spine tentions and flatulence. Originally unintentional I found interesting information on vaccination while working on this survey. There were more vaccinated children who were non-cryers within their first 20 seconds of birth. Having examined this I supposed that there was an influence on the third ventricle. But further examination proved that wrong; there seems to be no immediate correlation between vaccination and the reaction on the third ventricle. However, a fully expanded third ventricle supports the child’s organism to handle the vaccination in an adequate way. Closing Regards In analyzing my findings, I paid careful attention to interpreting the results objectively. Some of the results I had already expected before conducting the study, while some of the findings were surprising and thus very interesting. In the future, it would certainly be important to carry out another survey with a larger test group but more limited as regards the age of the children tested in order to come to more meaningful results and to gain more information about the newborn's first cry. It would also be of interest to carry out a similar study among slightly older children to find out more about the history and the course of the children's various diseases. This would help to conclude whether the lack of a first cry and an only partly expanded third ventricle really cause a higher number of asthmatic diseases and allergies. However, it is of great importance to inform parents and the obstetricians about the topic. For the osteopath, it is extremely important to pay careful attention to the midline, the expansion of the diaphragm, the anterior dura girdle, C0/C1 and in particular to a fully expanded third ventricle.

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