Talk:Birth

Anthropocentric focus of article

This article is supposed to be about birth in mammals, yet it is mostly concerned with humans. Is there some need for improvement here? Jarble (talk) 00:49, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

• Worse yet, it's supposed to be about birth and yet talks mostly about mammals, 5% of our animals. Also, are there comparable articles about egg-laying or releasing gametes into the water? --Monado (talk) 01:42, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Page organisation

I have put the content about dogs under the level two heading "Birth in mammals", which seems more logical. The block of text left behind is not sourced from the same in-line ref as the dog information, so it is now without a ref. I have added a cn tag to clarify that. Snowman (talk) 14:20, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Images

Re File:Lambing in England -10March2012 (2).jpg. Shows lambing. I have placed it in the article. Is is suitable in the introduction? Snowman (talk) 13:15, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Fascinating images. I have no position on positioning. One comment, though; for the sections on herd/prey animals such as cattle, it may be worth adding a wee bit about post-birth behavior, in that these creatures are born able to quickly get to their feet and run within a relatively short time after birth; in contrast, predator young are born quite helpless (as we see with puppies and kittens, for example). Though technically not part of the actual birth process, I think it relevant. Wouldn't need more than a sentence or two in each example (dogs and cattle). Montanabw^(talk) 22:53, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Birth ends when the placenta is out, but it may be relevant to talk more about the newborn more; the physiological changes that take place for life breathing air and what they can do. Puppies eyes are closed after birth and they do not do much for themselves, which is in contrast with a baby wilderbeast being able to run with the heard so soon. It there a name for a baby wilderbeast? Snowman (talk) 23:22, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

LOL, wish I knew for sure! I'd suspect "calf," but I honestly don't know. Have to check the article on the animal, I suspect. Montanabw^(talk) 04:35, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

As for birth ending with the placenta, you are technically right, but issues such as premature birth and such do lend support to the notion that a bit on the transition from birth to life outside the womb is worth adding - thinking of premature human babies on respirators, etc... full term being so very important. Montanabw^(talk) 04:35, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

The text is about normal labour at the present time. However, some key pathological situations could be included. Snowman (talk) 08:59, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Can I have your number Msibano Zondani (talk) 13:50, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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This montage of nine photographs, ordered from left to right and from top to bottom, shows a cow calving in a garden in Laos. The first photograph shows the restless cow raising her tail and the amniotic sac bulging from the vulva. As she continues to strain, the calf's front feet become visible, and the nose and eventually the whole head emerges; the head is the largest part of the calf, and this part of labour can be protracted. In photographs 3 and 4, the calf's head and forelimbs are visible. The emergence of the body and hind limbs often happens rapidly, either with the cow lying down, as in photograph 6, or when she is standing, as in photograph 7, in which position gravity assists and the calf slithers to the ground. In a normal birth, the calf soon takes its first breaths and the cow starts to lick it.

Photograph credit: Basile Morin

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