prenatal psychologists have known for many years that the 12 week old foetus is an intelligent sentient being. At that age it is in most respects fully human, but smaller.
But we are such a visual culture that it is only with these so-called 4D ultra sound cameras that we all can see pictures of how human this little creature is.
But what do we write about? Whether to abort them or not.
I want to see people writing about educational and relationship dynamics.
We need to start to relate in a more positive way to the baby inside mum.
We need to make birth a social event instead of a medical nightmare.
I founded the Oxford Prenatal and Perinatal Education Research and Awareness trust in 1998 to help educate people about having intelligent social babies.
At last maybe people are beginning to take it all seriously.
The TV series "From here to Paternity" may move things on from the over long and factually rather weak "Unborn child" TV film.
"His pictures showed that at 12 weeks, unborn babies looked like they were 'enjoying jumping off the womb like a trampoline'. At 14 and 15 weeks they sucked their thumbs and at 18 weeks they opened their eyes. Experts had said babies did not open their eyes until 26 weeks.
One image he took captured a 14-week-old standing up, stretching and then sitting down again inside his mother's womb. "
