2006-07-19 21:16:09 · 7 answers · asked by krkabadi 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
To clear the mouth and nose is my guess. And to let any residual water out of the lungs.
2006-07-19 21:20:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it makes great drama on TV--which is the *only* place they do it!! I'm not sure they ever did it in real life.
Birth, by the way, is what empties the baby's lungs of liquid. Being squeezed through the birth canal compresses the baby's chest, forcing any amniotic fluid out of the lungs.
2006-07-20 05:04:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not! I am not even sure I believe they ever were- other than on TV and movies. Newborns are *extremely* slippery and that maneuver would result on more babies on the floor than anything else.
2006-07-20 09:00:10 · answer #3 · answered by Midwife Jane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I,m not sure if they really do that anymore, now they just suction all the fluids out with a tube, I think, don,t quote me,
2006-07-20 04:22:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To let any fluids drain from it mouth so it doesn't choke
2006-07-20 04:20:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so the blood could flow straight threw its little body
2006-07-20 04:19:55 · answer #6 · answered by sweetistperson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and so it can take in its 1st breath
2006-07-20 04:21:48 · answer #7 · answered by alwayzatemptation69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋