No matter how one gives birth, it's weird AF. If you were to tell an alien visiting Earth that either a baby gets squeezed out of a tunnel of muscle or that, while the mother is usually awake, doctors cut into her body, take out her baby, stitch her back up and then she's walking within a day or so, the alien would not believe it. Since newborn babies are just about as close to aliens as we can get here on Earth, it'd be interesting to know what your baby is thinking during your c-section. So, I thought it would be fun to make a a few guesses.
Of course, there can't be one narrative here, largely because the reasons for having a c-section can and do vary. There are emergency c-section after spontaneous labor and there are planned c-sections for any number of reasons and there are emergency c-section due to medical emergency. I don't know what a baby is actually thinking in any of those scenarios, but certainly mom's state of mind can vary wildly on a case by case basis.
Like any birth experience, c-sections can range from transcendent to traumatizing. But I also think that babies are operating (no pun intended!) on a totally different level than the rest of us because they know nothing other than their own immediate surroundings and stimuli (and, for the purposes of this lighthearted article, pop culture references). So, what exactly is going on in your itty bitty newborn's mind? I have some theories...