Sophia McCarthy
As an expectant parent, you might be wondering what your baby is getting up to while it’s preparing to arrive! Aside from sleeping and getting chubby, did you know that—even while still in the womb—babies have an instinctive drive to start practising behaviours and facial expressions that will help them survive once they’re born?
A study conducted in 2005 by researchers in New Zealand using ultrasound monitoring examined the various behavioural states of a baby in-utero. Using a quick noise outside the womb to startle the foetus, it was able to […]