A viral video of an unborn baby reacting to her dad’s voice highlights the beauty and humanity of unborn children.
In a video uploaded by the New York Post, a 32-week-old preborn baby girl can be seen smiling when she hears her dad talking to her during an ultrasound scan at a hospital in Xanxere, Brazil.
Preborn babies, who are human persons from the moment of conception, can begin to hear sounds inside their mother’s body at around 18 weeks. By 27 to 29 weeks, babies can hear voices outside their mother’s body, such as her voice and the voices of those around her.
Indeed, if the father speaks to his baby in the womb, the baby can often recognize his voice when he or she is born. Research has shown that unborn babies can recognise their father’s voice as early as 32 weeks.