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    2. thepoylanthropist on

      30-year-old Tatiana Guerra lost her sight at the age of 17. In the video, she arrives for an ultrasound during her 20th week of pregnancy. At first, the doctor describes what he sees. Then a 3D printer converts the ultrasound image into a relief sculpture of the baby’s face, and Tatiana dissolves into tears as her fingers trace the features of the son she plans to name Murilo.

      The 3D printed ultrasound inscribed withthe phrase “I am your son” in Braille.

    3. CarsCarpal on

      Having tried recently again to read braille, it never ceases to amaze me how much some people are able to interpret through touch. It is an incredible skill, to me.

    4. Comprehensive-Yam872 on

      “Jabba the Hutt gloats as Han Solo is encased in carbonite.”​

    8. Gamusino78 on

      And was it absolutely necessary to do that instead of waiting a couple more months to be able to do it for the rest of his life?? Human beings are often really strange.

    11. NefariousEgg on

      Any blind parents, or someone who knows any blind parents here? It sounds very challenging to raise a kid, and keep it safe and everything while blind.

    12. ArethaAbrams on

      it’s incredible how technology can bridge such a huge gap. for most parents, that first ultrasound is the moment everything feels ‘real,’ but visually impaired moms usually miss out on that specific connection. giving her a 3d printed version so she can actually feel the contours of her baby’s face is just genius. you can see the pure joy on her face, that smile says everything. it’s not just a model, it’s her first time meeting her child.

    13. CobyDaGrunt08 on

      Now, I wish her the best and that she has a loving and beautiful family, but I find this to be oddly terrifying. I think the scariest thing about this is if she has a miscarriage and how badly having a physical image of what your child could’ve been would seriously fuck you up.

    15. clouds_visitor on

      What data would one need exactly to make this with a normal commercial 3D printer? What do I need to ask to the doctor?

    16. Legitimate-Cow5982 on

      I might try and recreate the technique with Python, could be fun

    18. Comprehensive_Sun588 on

      It’s a baby. They all look the same. Just give her a regular old doll, same outcome…

    19. Spartan2470 on

      Just like Robert Paulson, this blind pregnant woman had a name. her name is Tatiana Guerra.

      According to [here](https://www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/article-3070976/Blind-mother-gets-chance-unborn-son-time-doctors-surprise-3D-printout-ultrasound.html):

      > By VALERIE SIEBERT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

      > Updated: 18:42 EDT, 6 May 2015

      > Without the gift of sight, pregnancy can be a very different experience. But thanks to 3D printing technology, one blind mother-to-be was able to experience the emotional moment of ‘seeing’ her child for the first time during an ultrasound, just like any other mother.

      > Pregnant Tatiana Guerra, 30, from Brazil, lost her sight at age 17, and never imagined that she would get the chance to see her baby in the womb – until doctors surprised her with a 3D printout of a digital image of her child, allowing her to see her son’s facial features through touch, a precious memory that she would have otherwise never been able to have.

      > In the video, which was created as part of a campaign for diaper brand Huggies, the expectant mother asks the doctor what her son looks like – whether he has her nose and what his ears look like.

      > Before arriving for the ultrasound, Tatiana is shown in a baby-ready nursery, complete with crib, teddy bears and blankets in blue. Her voice-over describes everything she hopes for her son to experience, such as the ocean, where he could ‘feel the little grains of sand between his toes’ and ‘the fresh breeze on his face’.

      > During the ultrasound, an already-emotional Tatiana describes how she imagines her son to appear, describing the image of him in her mind as having a nose ‘like a little potato’ and a small mouth.

      > 15 minutes later, the ultrasound has been sent to the 3D printing mobile station and physically realized in a sculpture, showing the unborn baby’s face and arms.

      > ‘If you could touch him, would that let you know what he’s like?’ the doctor asks Tatiana in the video.

      > ‘Yes,’ she replies.

      > The doctor hands Tatiana the 3D-printed image wrapped in a white cloth and tells her: ‘That’s your son’.

      > ‘See if he feels the way you think he does,’ he adds.

      > The mother-to-be is overwhelmed by emotion as she runs her fingertips over the image, laughing and crying as she reads an accompanying braille phrase aloud: ‘I am your son’.

      > Happy tears stream down Tatiana’s face as she caresses the soft shapes and grooves of her unborn baby’s face, thanking the doctor.

      > ‘I am very happy to meet Murilo… before he is born,’ she says.

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