Among so much negative news due to the coronavirus crisis, we know some that bring us hope, such as the birth of the first baby in Catalonia to a mother diagnosed with coronavirus.
We are living in an exceptional, unique time, and since we have never experienced something similar, we are responding to the doubts that arise as they arise. For example regarding the children of parents separated in times of quarantine during the state of alarm: Should custody be suspended? Can children be taken out to the street to change their address?
Something quite incredible was discovered a few years ago: Babies are born knowing the smell of their mothers thanks to amniotic fluid. They are born with a highly developed sense of smell precisely to ensure food, and that is why women are always recommended not to put perfumes or colognes on the chest or neck, so as not to mask their body odor.
In developed countries, women become mothers at increasingly advanced ages. The causes of this phenomenon are a set of factors related to lifestyle that have been delaying the age of being a mother in recent years. According to data from the INE (National Institute of Statistics), in Spain the average age of first-time mothers is 32.2 years and 30% of women have their first child over 35 years of age.
There are already more than 300,000 around the world and although social isolation helps slow the spread, it is only a defensive strategy. We must go on the attack.
An Australian mother gave birth in a natural delivery to a baby who weighed 6.6 kilos at birth, almost twice the average weight of a baby born at 40 weeks' gestation. According to 7News, both the mother and the girl, whose name is Willow, are in perfect health.
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