What packs a bigger emotional punch..watching a baby born or a person die?

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Posted by Tgilly Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:26AM

i've watched both...i'm picking dying...the sense of pain, the loss, the emptiness, the days and months that follow, the grief...it;s a long term punch.

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Posted by manicompulsive Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:14AM

Watching a baby born, only to die 2 hrs. later.

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Posted by SweetlyLingering Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:12AM

I've never seen anyone actually die, so I'm going to go with what I have seen, watching my daughter come into this world was definitely emotional. Hearing her first cry was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard.

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Reply by Gemzaayy Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:12AM

So true!
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Posted by Gemzaayy Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:11AM

I've never seen someone die, but when you get your baby put in your arms for the first time it the most amazing feeling in the world :-)

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Reply by SweetlyLingering Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:15AM

I have a pic of me the hubby and baby at that moment. I was frightened at what I would look like...and you would think I'd be all haggard looking....just the opposite...I've never taken a better picture than that one.
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Reply by Gemzaayy Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:20AM

I was the same! It's a beautiful moment and a beautiful photo :-)
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Posted by AutumnSwan Jan 19th, 2012 at 6:19AM

Both are powerful in different ways. Birth is an explosion of energy and sound, and death is the complete absence of both.

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Posted by billstickers Jan 19th, 2012 at 6:13AM

A COT DEATH

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Posted by optimist101 Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:36AM

Seeing a person die for the first time was awful, it was a stranger, in ICU so really it was quite expected, but it stayed with me for quite a while. Seeing my baby daughter being born was a big relief, happy tears but that was that. She and her sister are now my life. Hard to compare but I have to say dying mainly because it is not something you can see on TV. (It is very different to the Hollywood shoot- drop dead scenes)

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Posted by flowerchild555 Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:21AM

A person dying is awful, but so is watching childbirth.

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Posted by BabzEsq24 Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:19AM

Depends on whose baby and whose dying- though I always get weepy ove babies

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Posted by clarkee Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:18AM

im just guessing but wouldnt it depend on what your state of mind is? if youre very happy and going through some joyful moments getting prepared for your wedding and your mother dies it would be quite an "emotional punch", whereas if you never were close to your mother, she forgot your name once, it wouldnt be much punch. if it was a new birth in the family the bride couldnt be much happier than she already is and the rejected child might find a new sibling something to look forward to having or maybe not. but still it depends.

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Posted by LiquidSoul Jan 19th, 2012 at 5:10AM

Person dying in my case.

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