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'In the Womb' is Now
on the Net: Amazing 4-D Footage of Growing Baby
The two-hour National
Geographic documentary 'In the Womb' is now available on YouTube in 9
parts. Originally aired in 2005, the documentary used
revolutionary
techniques in computer imaging and 4-D ultrasounds to present stunning
images of the developing embryo, taking viewers through the amazing
journey of the unborn baby from conception to birth.
The video presents a remarkable visual apologetic for the pro-life
message that human life begins with fertilization. Showing the
continuous development of the unborn child from conception to birth, it
shatters all attempts to pinpoint any other time as the beginning of
life.
While portraying images of the sperm and egg coming together, the
narrator explains, "Once within the egg wall, the sperm's nucleus is
drawn toward the egg's. The two cells gradually and gracefully become
one.
"This is the moment of conception," he declares, "when an individual's
unique set of DNA is created, a human's signature that never existed
before, and will never be repeated."
The narrator goes on to explain how all of the characteristics of the
human body are laid out in the first weeks of life. "Over the
course
of the first trimester, or first three months, this single egg will
begin to transform itself into a fully-formed baby," he says.
"But all
the features of the human body, limbs, nerves, organs, muscles will be
mapped out in the fragile first weeks."
Through vivid computer-generated images, we are shown how at 4 weeks
the black dots that will become the baby's eyes have already formed, as
well as the "emerging buds" along her body that will grow into her
limbs. By six weeks, the eyes, though still not functional, have
become "glassy domes with no eyelids," and by nine weeks the buds have
grown into full-fledged limbs.
We see the beginning movements of the fetus at nine weeks, and through
4-D ultrasound imaging, we witness the initial stepping reflex of the
little 11-week child. The ultrasound shows the child bouncing
around
in her mother's womb, "using the walls of the uterus like a
trampoline," as the narrator says.
The documentary takes the viewer into the operating room, where a
fetoscope is used to perform surgery on a 26-week-old fetus who has
developed a hole in his diaphragm. Without the surgery, his
intestines
will have grown into his lungs by the time he is born, not allowing him
to breathe. The doctor puts the fetoscope through an incision in
the
mother, into the baby's mouth, and down the back of his throat to
insert a tiny little inflatable balloon that will allow the lungs to
grow properly (see end of video #7 to
beginning of video
#8).
The documentary's message is self-evident: the child in utero is fully
human and her development in her mother's womb is merely one important
phase in her continuous growth. Concluding the video with the
birth of
a newborn baby girl, the narrator explains, "She's gone from egg to
embryo to fetus to trillions of cells of newborn baby. Her birth
marks
the beginning of her journey in the world, but she has already
travelled an incredible path during her 9-month odyssey in the womb.
"Protected by her mother, and following her own unique genetic
blueprint, she has grown a face, eyes, arms, and legs," he says.
"She
has a brain and nervous system to control her body. Stomach and
intestines to digest food and a heart to pump blood. She has
learned
to breathe, to hear, to feed, to remember, and to tell her parents when
she's hungry, tired, happy, or in pain. All before being
born. And
now, she is ready to face the world."
See the following videos on YouTube: (Warning: These do
contain some suggestive material, including nudity.)
"In the Womb"
"In the
Womb: Multiples"
Contact: Patrick B. Craine
Source: LifeSiteNews.com
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