Secular Café: Womb with a View: Labor inside an MRI Scanner Reveals the Mechanics of Childbirth

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Womb with a View: Labor inside an MRI Scanner Reveals the Mechanics of Childbirth Jun 9th 2012, 18:13 Quote: Womb with a View: Labor inside an MRI Scanner Reveals the Mechanics of Childbirth In 2010 a woman in Germany became the first person to give birth inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. The results, published May 2 in European Radiology, provide an extraordinary view of what exactly happens as a baby moves through the birth canal. The study details how the researchers adapted a regular MRI machine to hold the mother-to-be and her accoutrements. They widened the machine's mouth to make room for the obstetrician, stripped the metallic components out of a fetal heart monitor so that it could be used near the scanner's big magnet, and laid down sheeting to protect the machine from "fluid leakages." During labor, the 24-year-old volunteer lay supine and wore earmuffs to block out the noise of the machine. Just before the amniotic sack broke, the machine was shut off to prevent damage to the baby's ears. .... http://www.scientificamerican.com/ga...F2512D59601DD0 Funny comments following the article as well. :D "....I would also like to know how they got the dear woman's claw marks off of the inside of the machine..."

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