Was your baby born in the wee hours" Blame our ancestors
by Laura Falin posted in Pregnancy
Did you have a night owl baby" Or a baby born in the middle of the day"
In the United States, most babies are born between 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on a weekday. This is due to the fact that most babies are born in hospitals, often via c-section or induced labor. None of my children read this statistic, apparently. They all took a very long time even after being induced. They were born in the evening, and two of them were born on the weekend. Figures.
On the other hand, in the U.S. and around the world, most vaginal births that are not induced occur between 1 a.m.-7 a.m., with the number of babies born this way falling for the rest of the day.
That's right. When we let nature take its course, not only are many expectant mothers undergoing serious physical exertion...they get to do it in the middle of the night while the rest of the world is blissfully asleep.
You can thank Mother Nature for this.
Many researchers think evolution plays a part in what time babies are born. When we were nomadic people, moving around each day and trying to stay safe from predators, having babies in the dark would have given the babies and mothers extra protection. There would be more people around as no one would be out hunting and gathering at night. There would be people available to assist the mother as she was having the baby, and afterward. And there would be people around to defend the new mother and baby from lions and other animals who might smell b...
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