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Woodrow:


WHOA!

SMILING FROM THE WOMB
 
Pioneering scanning techniques have produced astonishing images from inside the womb which show babies apparently smiling and crying.

Experts believe the breakthrough could lead to advances in baby health for a whole range of conditions, including Down's Syndrome.


The pictures offer a new insight into foetal behaviour.

The ultra-sound scanning techniques capture images which show the foetuses yawn, blink, suck their fingers and seem to cry and smile.

Up to now, doctors did not think infants made such expressions until after birth and believed they learned to smile by copying their mother.

The procedure has been pioneered by London obstetrician Professor Stuart Campbell at the Create Health Centre for Reproduction and Advanced Technology.

His pictures reveal foetuses moving their limbs at just eight weeks.

The new techniques, known as 3D and 4D scanning, allow for far more detailed examination of the foetus.

"There are many questions that can now be investigated," said Prof Campbell.

"Do babies with genetic problems such as Downs Syndrome have the same pattern of activity as normal babies?

"Does the foetus smile because it is happy, or cry because it has been disturbed by some event in the womb?

"Why does a foetus blink when we assume it's dark inside the uterus?"

Lifted from: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12773312,00.html

Don Seer:
yeah they showed moving pics n stuff on tv over here.. tres cool :)

Trauma-san:
More reasons abortions are fucking sickening.  

Z the laidback Virus:

--- Quote from: Scorpion on September 12, 2003, 10:29:12 PM ---More reasons abortions are fucking sickening.  

--- End quote ---

They do but abortions are carried out at a much earlier stage then where the baby is able to smile and cry.Or at least I think they are.

CharlieBrown:
Unfortunately this isn't available on the NHS at the moment (theres no reason for it to be though) but hopefully it will in the future when it becomes cheaper, as i would rather see one of those than a blue mess.

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