Moro reflex

English thumb Etymology en Ernst Moro Austrian physician and pediatrician 1874 1951, who was the first in western medicine to describe the reflex. Noun en physiology A normal primitive reflex elicited by a sudden stimulus, involving abduction and extension of the arms, followed by adduction; it develops between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation and disappears at 3–6 months of age. en 2014-12-05 w:Marina Hyde Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’ w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/05/childbirth-postnatal-care-birth-hospital-cuts For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream. But it was all over in time for my daughter to catch the Nigeria v Argentina World Cup game that evening, during which she seemed to reckon everything was miles offside. (Or was that just the Moro reflex?) https://web.archive.org/web/20261013101226/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/05/childbirth-postnatal-care-birth-hospital-cuts 13 October 2026 See also en startle reflex Further reading