Like they say, if the mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
Keep your pregnant lady happy!
Posted on 02/10/2014 12:21:29 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o
They are happy. They are angry. They are fearful. They like music. And already, they like sweet treats.
In fact, babies in utero experience a wide range of sensory input at a much earlier stage of development than once believed. That’s the result of a study from Heidelberg psychotherapist Ludwig Janus, reported February 9 on kath.net, the on-line German-language Catholic newspaper.
Dr. Janus’ research showed that the unborn child can already feel emotions, such as anger and joy. According to him, there is a close connection between mother and child, through which the developing fetus “is confronted with a whole range of feelings and sympathises with them.” So the unborn baby could be angry in the womb or have fear, but also feel joy and satisfaction.
By eight weeks, the fetus has developed a sense of touch. Ultrasound images show the fetus, for example, reaching to touch a strip along the umbilical cord to reach the uterine wall and grope its surroundings.
The sense of taste can be tested as early as thirteen weeks. Janus reported that just as newborn infants like the taste of sweet fruit water, so does the developing fetus prefer sweeter tastes; and U.S. researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center (Philadelphia) demonstrated that the fetus will swallow more of the amniotic fluid if it is sweet, rather than bitter.
At seventeen weeks, the developing child has a well-developed sense of hearing—experiencing first the mother’s heartbeat, the sound of her blood and the rumblings of the stomach and intestines, later the maternal voice, and then other voices, music and everyday sounds. When scientists played “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” five times per week at this stage of development, then measured brain waves after birth, the newborn group who had heard the song in utero responded positively to the tune. Ludwig Janus, quoted in a Saxon newspaper, said, “We are experiencing in the womb, sentient beings and capable of receiving sensory stimuli from our environment and process.”
The sense of sight is complicated. Nuremberg perinatal expert Dr. Franz Kainer reported that the eyes are fully formed by the sixteenth week, but it takes until the 25th week before they are fully operational. At that stage, they are open and moving freely during periods of wakefulness, and closed for sleep. Visual acuity has not yet been fully tested, though, in the darkened environment of the womb.
The sense of smell does not come into play in the womb, because it can’t operate in the liquid environment. However, soon after birth the sense of smell assumes great importance, as it will help the baby to recognize the mother and to find the way to her nipples.
Lack of elbow room?
Like they say, if the mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
Keep your pregnant lady happy!
I think they’ve done tests of having a bit of sugar solution injected into the amniotic fluid. Then they observe via ultrasound how often the baby swallows.
This is a very beautiful article. thanks for posting.
I am going to email the text to myself and the next time someone starts to argue about abortion with me, I’ll say “Please read this and then let’s continue our discussion.”
Great idea!
“... what’s he got to be angry about?”
I imagine a lot of things. My Mom use to tell me that when she was carrying me.. the kid across the street would start up his motorcycle every morning. I would kick, spin, and it felt like I was crawling up towards her throat. Even after he drove to work, I’d still be riled up. When I was pregnant with my son, he would kick HARD if I ate heavy friend foods. He was born with a crib size 2 and now wears a 14.. so it hurt like heck!
Well, understandable if you ate your friends that he’d be upset.
"Angry" was probably the catch-all word used by the researchers to describe everything that was not "joy."
The national debt he/she is inheriting?
Music. Then the math of it.
Wonderful! Prayers up for many blessings.
It will cause them no problems at all, because they do not care that a victim of abortion is a living, feeling human being with an immortal soul.
Isa 49:1
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Isa 49:5
And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength
They can also scream when being ripped from the womb. Never heard a tumor scream or seen one suck its thumb. But what do I know? I’m obviously an intolerant faux-woman for listening to facts.
They can also feel fear. No child should ever have to be afraid....
Correction,
No child should ever have to feel fear of being attacked or threatened in the womb by doctors.
Exactly.
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