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Foetus 12 Weeks Walk - Culture, Family, Travel, Consumer Reviews - Posted: 26th Feb, 2006 - 8:11pm
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Foetus: 12 Weeks Can "walk"
It is amazing what can be done with new technology. Things that doctor thought were one thing end up being another. Can you imagine a 12 week old foetus "walking" in the mother's womb? Please read the whole article, it is very interesting.
Scans uncover secrets of the womb
A new type of ultrasound scan has produced vivid pictures of a 12 week-old foetus "walking" in the womb.
The new images also show foetuses apparently yawning and rubbing its eyes.
The scans, pioneered by Professor Stuart Campbell at London's Create Health Clinic, are much more detailed than conventional ultrasound.
Professor Campbell has previously released images of unborn babies appearing to smile.
He has compiled a book of the images called Watch Me Grow.
Conventional ultrasound, usually offered to mothers at 12 and 20 weeks, produces 2D images of the developing foetus.
These are very useful for helping doctors to measure and assess the growth of the foetus, but convey very little information about behaviour...
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/Hi/health/3846525.stm
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| From 12 weeks, unborn babies can stretch, kick and leap around the womb - well before the mother can feel movement From 18 weeks, they can open their eyes although most doctors thought eyelids were fused until 26 weeks From 26 weeks, they appear to exhibit a whole range of typical baby behaviour and moods, including scratching, smiling, crying, hiccuping, and sucking. |
It's amazing that at 12 weeks the baby can do so much and the mother can't even feel these movements. 'Walking' is a relative term as even newborns aren't able to walk, but they can move their legs. It makes you wonder even more about how much a fetus can do even before 12 weeks, and I suspect that as technology improves, we will be able to find out these things soon enough.
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