Life begins with an inhalation. The doctor, nurse, attendant slaps the newborn on the back. Like the person who dives into cold water, there is a quick breath in. There is then a scream, a cry, with the shock of entry. It is a scream that says to the entire world, “I am alive”. It is the cry of the diver into the icy water. It is also the cry of the new life that has begun.