Grunting

AssociateDegree · Mar 13, 2014

Go to the newborns.stanford.edu site and listen to the audio recording there.

kris15blue · Mar 13, 2014

You will know when you hear it, and it's also an expiratory noise so when they are breathing out hope this helps :)

j0yegan · Mar 13, 2014

Go to the newborns.stanford.edu site and listen to the audio recording there.

Thanks a bunch! That helped. I tried searching YouTube and it was just random videos from parents basically thinking it was cute that their babies were "grunting" (the low deep sound).

In case others are curious, here is the direct link:

Photo Gallery - Newborn Nursery at LPCH - Stanford University School of Medicine

(Click the circles in the photo).

KRVRN, BSN, RN · Mar 13, 2014

It sounds like whining to me. And I agree that parents often thinks it's cute.

jodyangel, RN · Mar 14, 2014

It sounds like whining. Listen to the video suggested!

NicuGal, MSN, RN · Mar 14, 2014

We call it singing... It is like a whiny hum. Parents and grandparents are always shocked when we tell them that is a sound we don't want to hear!

klone, MSN, RN · Mar 14, 2014

To me it sounds like humming or squeaking

cassie77775 · Mar 14, 2014

It sounds like whining to me. The first time I heard it I didn't realize t was grunting bc I know what grunting is and that's not a similar sound! Once u here it, u will recognize it!

nocturnalnurse · Mar 21, 2014

you must not have typed the right thing in the search on you tube because they have some decent vids. try typing in newborn respiratory distress grunting. that may get more medical legit. hits for you

IamSusan · Mar 24, 2014

Here is a link to a terribly sad story that includes an audio file of a baby grunting.

Hurt by Homebirth: Wren's story, on the 1st anniversary of his birth and death

klone, MSN, RN · Mar 24, 2014

Yes, that is a sad story. It really upsets me, though, that they're blaming this on homebirth. It was the OBs they saw concurrently who didn't follow through with the results of the testing, nor did they explain to the couple that if she had GBS bacteriuria, she should get antibiotics in labor regardless (in fact, if there is GBS bacteriuria, we don't even do a 35-36 week GBS swab).