Babies don’t “forget” pain. Early surgical trauma rewires the developing nervous system. This raises lifelong risk of increased pain sensitivity, altered stress responses, and long-term neurodevelopmental effects.
This nurse did an excellent job explaining why the idea that “babies don’t remember pain” is one of the most dangerous myths in medicine. You take the hit before you can consent, and there is no way to reverse it.
Credit to the crispy rn on FB.
For me personally, my parents showed no regard for my pain. Those consent forms were signed without a shred of independent judgment.