Breathtaking Video Showing 9 Months Of Life In The Womb in Just 4 Minutes

Discover the amazing development of a life inside the womb by watching the video at the bottom of the page.

“Everything that a newborn baby does, a fetus has pretty much done already,” Fifer said.

“They’re exquisitely able to sense information over all parts of their body, although some are more sensitive than others, like around the mouth, around the feet, around the hands.”

Here’s a sneak peek at what’s happening:

Moving around: Experts say kicking and other activity can be a reaction to mom eating or changing positions; or it might happen just because the baby feels like moving around.

Mom’s emotions can also cause certain movements. The more stress pregnant women reported, the more frequently their fetuses touched their faces with their left hands, researchers at Durham and Lancaster universities in the UK announced last month. Their study was published in the journal “Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition.”

“This suggests maternal stress could be having on effect on the child’s behavior in the womb and highlights the importance of reducing maternal stress in pregnancy,” Dr. Nadja Reissland, the lead author, said.

Learning: The outside world affects little ones in other ways.

Babies appear to recognize nursery rhymes even before they are born, according to a recent study published in the journal “Infant Behavior and Development.” University of Florida researchers asked pregnant women in their third trimester to read classic verses to their bellies twice a day for several weeks.

In utero, the baby’s heart rate slowed when the rhyme was read by mom and continued to lower even when a stranger’s voice took over story time a few weeks later.

Listening: Hearing is a sense that develops early in the process.

A baby’s ears are fully formed about halfway through pregnancy, which means children may know their mom’s voice by the time they’re born.

“Prenatally, it’s got this extra boost by the fact that it’s coming in through the whole body,” said Dr. Christine Moon, an affiliate associate professor at the University of Washington who studies babies’ voice recognition. She found that when hours-old newborns are given a pacifier to suck on while hearing a recording of their mother’s voice, they will suck faster, suggesting familiarity.

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