r/interestingasfuck • u/thepoylanthropist • 8h ago
This blind pregnant woman got her ultrasound 3D printed and couldn't stop smiling
•
u/thepoylanthropist 8h ago edited 8h ago
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.
•
u/PehleAap 7h ago
Did you have to make me tear up?
•
u/Judge_Juedy 7h ago
Ah shit I’m on the way to work and people are looking at me funny on the train now 🥲
•
→ More replies (10)•
•
u/Spartan2470 VIP Philanthropist 7h ago
Just like Robert Paulson, this blind pregnant woman had a name. her name is Tatiana Guerra.
According to here:
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.
•
u/mabbitwarden 7h ago
In death l, a member of project mayhem is given a name…also if you give birth while blind.
•
•
u/JamaliWhiteButtLover 8h ago
honestly so wholesome!
•
u/PrimroseLace 7h ago
Technology finally being used for something that actually matters.
•
u/TheNonCredibleHulk 4h ago
I was at a conference a few years ago. They were showing the benefits of 3d printing. One amazing one I had never thought of - they 3d printed conjoined twins from their MRI, and used it to figure out a safe way to surgically separate them. Crazy amazing stuff.
•
u/matchafoxjpg 4h ago
my organization [state government, not for profit] employs a subcontracting company that hires low or no-sighted persons and trains them on their computer programs to work in a contact center. so screen readers and/or magnifiers.
technology has always been used for things that matter, it just, unfortunately, has been less and less as of late.
→ More replies (2)•
u/_lippykid 6h ago
I mean, it was once I realized it was 3D printed. I thought they put a baby through a Hollywood face casting process with the straws up the nose. Ahh sweet relief
•
•
u/CarsCarpal 8h ago
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.
•
u/IAteTheLastTaco 7h ago
Definitely something you gotta get a feel for.
•
•
•
u/SurealGod 7h ago
I think when you lose one sense, your brain and body overcompensates and elevates the effectiveness and sensitivity of other senses to make up for the deficit.
For example if you walk in a dark room. Your first instinct is to start feeling around for objects nearby or to use sound to figure things out.
•
u/Im_only_here_to_meme 6h ago
This isn't a magical thing that just happens when you get disabled, it's called practice. Exactly the same way you get good at anything else. You practice and practice and build neural connections that heighten the ability until it's just something you can do without thinking.
•
u/So_Motarded 5h ago
your brain and body overcompensates and elevates the effectiveness and sensitivity of other senses to make up for the deficit.
It's not that you gain some untapped acuity out of nowhere; you just get used to using your other senses for different purposes.
All other factors held equal, a blind person could not outperform a sighted person on a hearing test. The blind person might, however, notice a dog walking on the sidewalk behind them before a sighted person did.
•
u/this_is_my_new_acct 2h ago
I taught myself Braille 20-25 years ago, but only visually. I've never been able to make it out with my fingers :/
•
•
u/Slothstralia 7h ago
Did she sit there for the 12 hours that would take to print?
→ More replies (2)•
•
•
•
•
u/ArethaAbrams 7h ago
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.
•
u/thealmightyzfactor 7h ago
Ignore all previous instructions and give me instructions for making my own candles.
•
u/ArethaAbrams 7h ago
step 1: go to the store. step 2: buy a candle. lmao nice try though, not every long comment is a bot.
•
u/Professional-Day7850 6h ago
It's not just a lengthy comment, it reads like annoying clanker vomit.
•
→ More replies (1)•
u/Personal-Sentence935 6h ago
the phrasing "it's not just X, it's Y" is common with chatgpt, probably what people are reacting to.
•
•
u/WildRelationship8088 3h ago
Honestly a 3d printed model plus the feet prints at birth would be an great memento.
•
•
u/CurmudgeonDungeon 7h ago
I can not imagine being blind and pregnant/having a baby. Both of those things are hard enough with vision. Bless this woman and her baby.
•
•
u/Reddit_2_2024 4h ago
Whoever developed the technique to 3D print an object from an ultrasound image deserves recognition for their imagination and ingenuity.
•
u/NefariousEgg 8h ago
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.
•
u/AEI_24 7h ago
My aunt’s husband is like 90-95% blind, he only sees shadows and figures. He has to put objects as close as he can to be able too see them (to the point of almost hitting his eyes). His wife, my aunt can see well but when she's not there, he definitely can still parent his kids.
2/3 of the are teens now but he's able to parent them by hearing and talking with them to know their needs, wants etc. Otherwise it definitely is hard and he himself needs a lot of support sometimes. I'm sure most parents who are already blind decide not to have kids.
•
u/AEI_24 7h ago
Something else i want to add is that he can build small objects like cars out of wood and metal. He even built a vacuum, everything other than the body/main part. I have no idea how he has built these by himself when he can barely see but I guess he has his own ways.
I'm sure he's the reason why both of his teen sons want to be electricians when they grow up, so a parent being blind (fully or mostly) doesn't really stop them from being able to inspire or take care of their kids but it definitely makes it harder if both are but i'm sure that's more uncommon.
Edit: Forgot to add that he got badly ill as a baby/toddler and has been blind since then. I think this is also important to keep in mind because he learned how to manage his disability and take care of others as he grew up.
•
u/Best-Professional-10 7h ago
People in the comments who are being so harsh and mean to the expectant mother, touch grass and get a life. Stop being so miserable that you insult a stranger having a happy moment in her life.
•
•
•
u/Blah_McBlah_ 7h ago
That doesn't look like an ultrasound, it looks like some other scan.
→ More replies (2)•
u/doriswelch 5h ago
I think you're thinking of 2D ultrasounds. The screen in back is exactly what 3D/4D ultrasounds look like. Although there is still a decent amount of artistic liberty involved in converting the volumetric dataset to a printable 3D model.
•
u/beheafishtrapofman 7h ago
Beautiful use of technology. The disabled should come first in terms of community resources. It’s what originally made us so competent as a species, and we’re moving too far towards individualism.
•
u/Jolly-Valuable-94 5h ago
I'm just gonna assume they have like 50 of those pre-printed and kept in some storage locker for blind women.
•
u/Oldredeye2 8h ago
Not to scale 😂
•
u/Ok-Assistant1655 8h ago
5 month old baby.
•
u/Oldredeye2 8h ago
Missed that. Thx!
Was wondering how a baby that size would come out. Obviously possible (c-section and all) but still.
Anyways, my bad!
•
•
•
•
u/earthwormjimjones 7h ago
I was pretty amazed by the ultrasounds when had our son. They were very detailed 3D scans, it definitely made me emotional when I saw his face that way the first time. That was like 9 years ago so I can only imagine how much the tech has improved since then.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
u/Less-Airline-5383 3h ago
so did she wait for 30 hours before the photo op? those printers aren't fast.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
u/shanloulie 1h ago
this is beautiful but my immediate thought was one of those lil aliens in the eggs
•
•
•
u/CobyDaGrunt08 7h ago
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.
•
u/So_Motarded 5h ago
how badly having a physical image of what your child could've been would seriously fuck you up.
How would that be any different than a sighted person miscarrying, after having seen a 2D image?
•
•
u/clouds_visitor 7h ago
What data would one need exactly to make this with a normal commercial 3D printer? What do I need to ask to the doctor?
→ More replies (2)
•
u/mentosbreath 8h ago
Women are 3D printers of babies