The greatest of Lennart Nilsson’s stories, the one about how a child is born, started with an ordinary assignment at Sabbatsberg hospital in Stockholm in 1952. When the job was done, Lennart happened to see a foetus in a glass jar with formaldehyde. Fascinated by the embryo, which measured a few centimetres, he borrowed it and photographed it at home for more than a week before he was satisfied with the results. Many years later, Lennart described this event as an “information shock”, perhaps because he was about to become a father himself.
Other important milestones of fetal development include:
At 9 weeks after conception, a fetus is able to bend its fingers around an object in its hand, and sucks its thumb. All essential organs have begun to form.
At 11 weeks, a fetus is breathing amniotic fluid steadily and will do so until birth.
At 12 weeks, a fetus can kick, turn over, make a fist, open its mouth and press its lips together.
At 13 weeks, a fetus’s vocal cords and auditory sense are present.
At 20 weeks, a fetus can be startled by a loud external noise.
At 23 weeks, a fetus can demonstrate rapid eye movements (REM).
At six months, fine hair grows on the fetus’s head and eyebrows, and small eyelashes begin to appear.
At seven months, a fetus’s hands can support his entire weight.
At eight months, a fetus weighs more than four pounds.
During the ninth month from conception, a fetus gains half a pound per week. Of the 45 total generations of cell replication that will occur by mature adulthood, 41 have already taken place.
Sources:
Clowes, Brian, PhD. The Facts of Life. Front Royal, VA: Human Life International, 2001
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9 responses to “A Child Is Born Video. Photos by Lennart Nilsson”
This is a very interesting video in how a human life takes place and how they develop in their mother's womb
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Janelle I like to see this video and this is the first time that I seen it
I took Biology class and I learned about this
beautiful
There comes a point when it no longer looks like every other animal and begins looking human. At first there is not much to distinguish the fetus from a mosquito or a fish.
Amazing video, thank you and God bless.
Wish there wasn't a play by play. I think I went to school amd I know what's happening for myself lmao
It was great until the pro-life BS.