Today marks 9 weeks! In one week we will have our 1st Appt. with our midwife and hopefully little baby B will let us hear his/her heart beat that day! Midwives only do a 20 week ultrasound so we will not get to see baby B until then, but hearing baby will be just as good! I am posting this amazing video shared with me by someone i work with. If you'd like to skip the lecture at the beginning, you can just jump ahead to about 2:00 min. and the movie will begin. The man speaking is explaining how he created various computer programs and algorithms and they were used in the MRI shown. An MRI typically takes slices of photos that are black and white and unless you understand what you're looking it, it all makes no sense to the average person. This program allows the MRI to then be turned into 4 dimensional images and color and animation added to create a real life visual of whatever you are looking at. A woman volunteered to have MRI images taken from conception to birth and then gave birth on the MRI machine. The images were turned into this amazing movie that, for the first time ever, show how awesome the growth of these cells into a human really is! At the end, it shows the woman giving birth and overlays the MRI image so you see the baby still inside the womb and the outside of the mother giving birth. I just found it to be an AMAZING step for research! And shocking to see how the baby actively helps be born! (this is not an actual labor video, so it is safe for work and those who are squeamish!) The video is only about 3 min. so enjoy! Let me know what you think!
9 week fetus:
What a sureal moment when the two of you hear the babys heartbeat for the first time. can you record it for me? and what a remarkable video. everyone should watch this . i love when smart people do something like this for all to see. Every mom should watch.!!
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