This and the prior songs tell the miraculous dimensions of a living being as he begins to breathe for the first time. The most profound change at birth is the baby’s first breath. At this point, the baby’s lungs, which are filled with fluid during pregnancy, must suddenly fill with oxygen. The fluid in the lungs are replaced with air. The tremolos sending the sound from your right ear to the left, the sustainability in the sound and the continuity in the melody create feelings of a dream and voices how time ‘inches along’ in such a marvelous situation. The first few breaths after birth may be the most difficult breaths your baby will take for the rest of his life.
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