It should be ‘The Picture of the Year,’

[Frankenstein]

A picture began circulating in November. It should be ‘The Picture of the Year,’ or perhaps, ‘Picture of the Decade.’ It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of the US paper which published it, you probably would never have seen it.

The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner.

The baby was diagnosed with Spina Bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville , he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.

During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr.Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. Dr Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile.

The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, 'Hand of Hope.' The text explaining the picture begins, 'The tiny hand of 21-week- old foetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life.'

Little Samuel's mother said they 'wept for days' when they saw the picture. She said: ‘The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person.’ Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful.

Now see the actual picture - and how awesome and completely incredible it is.... pass it on. The world needs to see this one!

 

[Frankenstein]

Viewer's Discretion is advised

 

[Elmo]

Welll... the surgeon is awfully emotional.

Hate to be the party pooper here but it's not like the fetus knowingly took his hand out to grasp the surgeon's hands.

The grasp reflex is a primitive reflex, and well can be elicited anytime till 4 months at least.

 

[ajtr]

http://www.birthpsychology.com/lifebefore/early3.html

Medical specialists and psychologists never thought this would be possible even for a newborn baby, but research now confirms that even babies born very prematurely express a gamut of emotions, and, without doubt, can experience excruciating pain. Ultrasound observations of behavior in utero, especially among twins, reveal a spectrum of emotions including anger, fear, and affection. Babies appear to react to needles that intrude into the womb with a mixture of shock, withdrawal, and aggression. Studies of pregnant mothers watching upsetting videos suggest that babies can become upset along with their mothers. Several studies have revealed that babies tend to become depressed when their pregnant mothers are depressed, an effect which begins in the womb and has been measured after birth.

 

[Elmo]

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Can you quote the medical journal you've picked this up from?

 

[ajtr]

Its a quite accepted knowledge that unborn child does express emotions.Even in mahabharata there is the case of Abhimanyu who learnt the warfare of breaking chakravhyu while he was still in womb.

As an unborn child in his mother's womb, Abhimanyu learned the knowledge of entering the deadly and virtually impenetrable Chakravyuha (see Wars of Hindu Mythology) from Arjuna. The epic explains that he overheard his father Arjuna talking about this with Subhadra from the womb. Arjuna explains to Subhadra in detail, the technique of attacking and escaping from various vyuhas (an array of army formation) such as Makaravyuha, Kurmavyuha, Sarpavyuha etc. After explaining all the vyuhas, he explains about the technique of cracking Chakravyuha. Arjuna explains to her how to enter the Chakryavyuha. When he was about to explain how to exit from the Chakravyuha, he realises that Subadra is asleep and stops expounding on the Chakravyuha further. As a result, the baby Abhimanyu in the womb did not get a chance to learn how to come out of it.

Abhimanyu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Durrak]

Yukhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[blackops]

i dont remember but i once watched a show on tv which stated babies can hear certain voices when tehy are in womb

 

[ajtr]

i dont remember but i once watched a show on tv which stated babies can hear certain voices when tehy are in womb

yes they can.............................

Q. How soon will our baby start hearing our voices or sounds in the room?
A study in Ireland, using ultrasound observation and measured pulses of sound revealed that babies with normal hearing start moving in reaction to sound around 16 weeks gestational age. This was earlier than previous estimates and occurs about two months before completion of the ear, suggesting that there is more to hearing than the ear alone. Babies seem especially interested in parental voices and begin learning the mother's native language (the mother tongue) while in the womb.

Birth Psychology - Parents Ask About Life in the Womb

 

[Elmo]

Its a quite accepted knowledge that unborn child does express emotions.Even in mahabharata there is the case of Abhimanyu who learnt the warfare of breaking chakravhyu while he was still in womb.
Abhimanyu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you insist.

 

[ajtr]

If you insist.

no im not insisting just telling the examples from olden periods.may be may not be myth depends upon how u look at it.

 

[Elmo]

yes they can.............................



Birth Psychology - Parents Ask About Life in the Womb

Umm... now that is so NOT true!

A child can only "localise" sound. And he/she certainly does not begin learning the native language in the womb. If there was more to hearing than the ear alone, then children who are deaf but no dumb would be able to talk without therapy.

I don't know where you are picking your info from, but I'd strongly suggest that you go through good credible medical journals.

 

[ajtr]

Umm... now that is so NOT true!

A child can only "localise" sound. And he/she certainly does not begin learning the native language in the womb. If there was more to hearing than the ear alone, then children who are deaf but no dumb would be able to talk without therapy.

I don't know where you are picking your info from, but I'd strongly suggest that you go through good credible medical journals.

please do suggest some.

 

[Elmo]

please do suggest some.

Lancet, New England Journal Medicine, British Medical Journal...

Credible websites, uptodate.com (bt you need to have subscription for it), NIH (free content)...

 

[ajtr]

Lancet, New England Journal Medicine, British Medical Journal...

Credible websites, uptodate.com (bt you need to have subscription for it), NIH (free content)...

Thanks...sure will check them out.