The Unborn Child

The unborn child in Canadian law.

Reducing risks to the unborn child.

If clinicians are to play a leading role in reducing risks to the fetus, they have to think outside the box. Improved pregnancy outcomes require that medical and health professionals, including midwives and nurses, work with others far beyond the confines of the antenatal clinic and the delivery room. For the WHO-estimated 200 million plus conceptions globally each year, mostly among disadvanta...

Unborn child abuse: contemplating legal solution.

Prenatal maternal stress: effects on pregnancy and the (unborn) child.

BACKGROUND Animal experiments have convincingly demonstrated that prenatal maternal stress affects pregnancy outcome and results in early programming of brain functions with permanent changes in neuroendocrine regulation and behaviour in offspring. AIM To evaluate the existing evidence of comparable effects of prenatal stress on human pregnancy and child development. STUDY DESIGN Data sourc...

Womba: a musical instrument for an unborn child

This paper describes the motivation and process of developing a musical instrument for an unborn child. Well established research shows a fetus in the womb can respond to and benefit from stimuli from the outside world. A musical instrument designed for this unique context can leverage the power of this interaction. Two prototypes were constructed and tested during separate pregnancies and the ...