Has anybody else seen that amazing photo

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It shows a little foetus at 21 weeks, being operated on in the womb (amazing by itself) to cure it of spina bifida and it pops its little hand out and grabs the surgeons finger. The op was a success and he was born a healthy boy. The photo made me weep. If I could work out how to post it I would - can we post photos on here?

this one?
hand

Yeah!

Wow.

Is it for real?

Oh yes, UC, read emma's link, it has chapter and verse.

Fantastic.

(Hadn't seen or heard of it before)

OMG

so amazing

Wow! i hadn't seen that before. Amazing picture.

ah thanks for posting tiredemma - must update those IT skills somehow!!

gosh im quite tearful as that is an amazing piccy

Wow, that is amazing, made me feel all weepy, especially as I am 27 weeks on sunday

tis amazing!

wow

that photo was taken in 1999 ..I'm amazed I've never seen it before.

Shouldn't the baby have been sedated/anaesthetised (sp!) if the surgeon was operating on his spine? Just hope it didn't hurt the little one, if not it's a fantastic picture

what happens to the amniotic fluid when they do that? and what do they replace it with?

that's what i thought too but seemed to turn out ok....the mother was an obstetric nurse apparently so she must have understood......

In Emkanas link it does say the baby was anethesthetised and would not have been able to hold the hand (i.e. it most have been'posed/staged'). The photographer aparently disagrees, says the uterus shuddered and out popped the hand...

its notholding his hand though is it? its on top of his finger in a sort of fist