Blind mother 'sees' unborn child for the first time after 3-D printer creates sculpture from ultrasound
Tatiana Guerra, 30, from Brazil, was presented with the sculpture during her ultrasound
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Your support makes all the difference.A blind mother has been able to ‘see’ the ultrasound of her unborn child after scientists used a 3-D printer to create a depiction of her baby from doctor’s scans.
Tatiana Guerra, 30, from Brazil, lost her sight when she was 17-years-old and thought that she would never be able to see her child but a video has captured the touching moment she meets her son.
In the footage, called “Meeting Murilo”, Mrs Guerra is asked by the doctor performing the ultrasound to describe what she thinks her unborn son will look like.
“I imagine him,” she begins. “His nose like a little potato, a small mouth,” she goes on becoming increasingly emotional.
While she is speaking, the ultrasound has been sent to a mobile 3-D printing station and a sculpture quickly printed showing the child’s face.
The video is part of an online advertising campaign from Huggies.
“If you could touch him, would that let you know what he’s like?” The doctor asks Mrs Guerra, before he presents her with the 3-D print-out.
Laughing and crying, the expectant mother runs her hands over the model as she reads the accompanying braille message on the sculpture: “I am your son.”
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