Titlebook: Citizen Fetus; The Changing Image o Alessandra Piontelli Book 2022 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence

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Meander

琐事

Organisational Cooperation and RentFacial expressions preparatory for postnatal life..Smile first expression at 15 weeks. Initially simple, acquires complexity..Negative expressions from mid-pregnancy..Fetuses do not communicate nor need to do so, but neonates must be prepared to communicate their needs and capture attention.

NOVA

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The 1960s and the 1970sThe ‘pill’ is revolutionary..Some drugs and powder milk turn into horror stories..The impact of a photo essay is compared to the landing on the moon and greater than ultrasound..Two doctors humanize birth, but consider maternal anxiety perilous for the fetus. All that comes after pregnancy has no importance.

急急忙忙

fluoroscopy

2010–2019The Web expands supposed fetal expertise. Kate Middleton’s pregnancy reaches a vertex..Younger and younger fetuses are kept alive with devastating consequences. Surrogacy increases eliciting heated debates and problems. Obstetricians are alarmed by ‘social surrogacy’ prompted by aesthetic reasons..Media are obsessed with celebrity pregnancies.

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Studying FetusesUltrasound still the best means for studying fetuses..Fetal activities interpreted as ‘adult’ functioning. Fetuses considered as solely preparing for birth. Ignoring temporary adaptations..Brainstem controls fetal motions. Experimental evidence comes from fetal animals and premature infants. Not wholly comparable to fetuses.

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Preparing for Life After BirthFacial expressions preparatory for postnatal life..Smile first expression at 15 weeks. Initially simple, acquires complexity..Negative expressions from mid-pregnancy..Fetuses do not communicate nor need to do so, but neonates must be prepared to communicate their needs and capture attention.

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The 1980societies spread fanciful fantasies and have a large influence on the public..Fertility treatments, surrogacy, preimplantation diagnosis and Clomiphene are invented but develop in the 1990s..Pregnancy is still inescapable destiny.