Our first son, who was born at 29 weeks 6 days cried when he was born. My new son (35 weeks, 2 days) did not cry when he was born. I might be making a bigger deal out of this than it actually is, and certainly others have had to experience much worse, but boy it was scary! Here's what happened...
This c-section was much slower, calmer, and more enjoyable than the first (the first was an emergency), that is, until he was born. I followed the baby over to the place where he was going to be examined (as I had previously planned) and it wasn't until we got there when I noticed things weren't quite right - my baby wasn't breathing. After some quick suctioning, he still wasn't breathing so they starting bagging him. It was this same oxygen bag that we saw every day for 6 weeks with our first, hanging on the wall in the NICU, but I'd never seen it in action - You don't want to see it in action.
