This is the first time I’ve heard this study. It is awesome news. I know a lot of us would not remember a single thing when we were born but if you read on, you’d be surprised at how an unborn child can have memories.
WASHINGTON (BP)–Unborn children have memories, according to a new study from The Netherlands.
Researchers at two medical centers found unborn babies at 30 weeks gestation show short-term memory, according to The Washington Times. By the time the unborn children reach 34 weeks of development, they “are able to store information and retrieve it four weeks later,” The Times reported.
The results were based on a study conducted on 100 women and their unborn children. Scientists gave the women a series of buzzes on their stomachs for one second each with a “fetal vibroacoustic stimulator” at five points during the final eight weeks of pregnancy, according to the July 16 report. They used ultrasound imaging to measure “fetal learning” patterns, particularly through the baby’s eye, mouth and body movements.
The children adjusted to the vibrations and sounds to the extent they would no longer respond, according to the report. That process is called “habituation.”
“It seems like every day we find out marvelous new things about the development of unborn children,” said Randall O’Bannon, director of education and research for the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund, The Times reported. “We hope that this latest information helps people realize more clearly that the unborn are members of the human family with amazing capabilities and capacities like these built in from the moment of conception.”
Even the Bible says the formation of humans start in the womb. God has formed us, knew us and pieced us together in our mother’s belly. How can we say that babies are only humans the minute they are out of the womb? What was it then that we mother’s felt all through out our pregnancy? Why then when we lovingly talk to our pregnant bellies that the baby inside responds? In the deepest part of the uterus, God has already planned His best for us. Let’s give our children a chance to life.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
–Albert Einstein
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