In a groundbreaking new study, scientists have managed to artificially recreate the environment of a womb, which may one day provide critical care to premature babies.
pregnancy
Initiating labour
Syed Asaad Qadri explains the complex internal communication of giving birth
The Dark Side of the Womb
regnancy takes self-other hospitality to its absolute extreme: two people reside in one body, sharing a two-way system. Drawing on multidisciplinary sources of psychoanalysis, neonatal research, social psychology, feminist theory and cultural studies we explore unconscious effects of inter-corporeality on all of us who are of woman born.
Prodigies and Monsters – Mary Toft, the Rabbit Breeder!
Hear the fantastic story of Mary Toft, discovery some of the history of the birth of Monsters and Prodigies and hear some of the medical theories that tried to explain how these strange births could happen.
Life in utero: Predisposing the unexposed
Life inside the uterus is not as closed off as you might think. Syed Qadri explores how a mother’s behaviour alters her baby during pregnancy..
Radiolab & Probably Science
With exams looming for many I felt this week I’d review two of the more entertaining science podcasts …
Foetal genome sequencing
How much should we know about the genomes of our unborn children? Recent advances in prenatal testing have ethical implications …