Until relatively recently, it was thought that babies or fetuses were unable to feel pain and that, if they felt it, this left no memory. That's why nothing was done to soothe the pain of newborns.
However, today it is known that newborns and fetuses at least after 20 weeks and maybe before, feel pain and this somehow leaves its mark on them, through stress and hormones or through memories unaware of the physical and emotional sensations felt.
To avoid those who are so small that they suffer the simplest is to avoid those aches and pains as much as possible. Treating newborns with delicacy, respecting their rhythms and not separating them from their mother's body are the simplest measures to help them get used to the world without suffering.
Many routine procedures performed on the newborn can wait or, if necessary, can be done on the mother's body.
There are also some simple techniques that relieve babies' pain and that are naturally at our disposal. Using them even if you have to insist on the nurses to do so, is a great physical and psychological relief for the baby.
Breast sucking or, failing teats or pacifiers, is the way babies calm pain and anxiety. There is no medical reason to not breastfeed while they are vaccinated or have their heel tested, none.
Other ways to reduce the impact of a painful sensation is the fetal posture, with the legs and arms shrunk and well picked up by the arms and the breast.
As I said there are some professionals who have been accustomed to treating newborn children without contact with the mother, but, without meeting them you can calmly explain that you will not be separated from the baby if there is no clear medical reason and that, although it will be a little while, you prefer to continue breastfeeding or hugging the little one so that he feels more collected.
Fortunately, it is increasingly common to find empathic professionals who know these things and favor them very clearly, so, although it is good that you are informed and willing to give children these natural reliefs, surely more and more fathers and mothers They will feel well advised in this regard.
The pain of a baby is real, today it is known that this is true and there are also ways to relieve it naturally. It is good for them that we do everything in our power to soothe the pain of the newborn.
