Pregnancy and technology: when pregnancy is transformed

That technology has greatly contributed to the development of new diagnostic techniques, sophisticated analysis devices, prostheses and other fields of modern medicine is an undeniable reality, a context in which fertilization and pregnancy have not been left behind.

If until a few years ago the new developments subscribed to the professional meroambito, today the market offers a series of gadgets, apps and gadgets of the mammoths available to anyone.We are referring to innovations so interesting as bracelets to prevent sudden death, ultrasound printed in three dimensions and other options that we collect below.

3D ultrasound: touching the fetus

One of the most striking innovations in this field and which is increasingly rooted are the impressions in three dimensions of our fetus .Something that gives rise to a kind of busts of the future child a both spooky a priori, but that can become a beautiful memory and a better experience.Yes, because doing so will give us the opportunity to feel his face between our fingers before delivery.

Of course, the materials have nothing to do with human skin, but these prints are made in wood , in different plastics and even in metal .Yes, in the purest style of the bust of Cristiano Ronaldo but with a very realistic finish.It was precisely these compounds on which the price depends, according to the entity we choose, can reach the 900 dollars .

A technique that, despite having gained followers over the past few years, was illuminated seven years ago .One of the pioneers was the Japanese company Fasotec, to which many others joined.Baby3DPrint, "made in Spain "(in Guipuzcoa, specifically), is one of the best known in our country.Evidently and beyond for the enjoyment of imminent parents, the software that is behind the ultrasound is currently used to detect possible abnormalities in the unborn .

Heartbeats at your fingertips

Pregnancy and technology: when pregnancy is transformed

At the end of November last year there was the launch of Shell, a small device similar to the one used during an ultrasound that allows us to listen to the baby's heartbeat .It is a device connected to an app that is very simple to use and offers outstanding sound quality (compared to other similar options present in the market).

Includes a system that filters environmental noise and is able to differentiate the pumping of the mother and the fetus, isolating the latter to achieve greater clarity.There is no shortage of options to share this exciting recording with our acquaintances in networks social, the possibility of carrying out a follow up on a sound pattern , save them, and even have a specific amplifier to listen to them at full volume.

The entity that is behind the gadget, interestingly, is not a laboratory, but Bellabeat, specialized in design wearables capable of monitoring our daily activity.In any case, your device is not unique in its kind, but Angel Sounds It has been devastating for some years now.And it not only focuses on the heart rate, but lets us hear all the sounds that the child emits during its development.It is a kind of version of the old Sonicaid that It works on batteries.

Apps for pregnancy

Although more obvious, we can not stop talking about the specific apps for this period of our life.One of the most complete is WOOM, which has its own blog, full of tips and articles In this regard, however, it focuses on the conception, on the monitoring of your cycle and the like, going beyond what is usual in this type of tools. custom reports and allows you to enter all kinds of details, showing the percentage of probability of becoming pregnant per day, etc.

Apart from it, there are to follow the pregnancy step by step -Gestogram, My Pregnancy to the day-, to feed correctly-Pregnancy, diet and exercises-, to calculate the date of birth-Baby Center-, name the baby-My baby's name-, keep exercising-Pregnancy Exercises-, etc.

Pregnancy simulators

On the other hand and for women who are thinking about becoming pregnant or, simply, for those who want to experience the sensations and changes that the body experiences during pregnancy, there is even a pregnancy simulator.It is an invention designed by the researcher Takuya Iwamoto, of the Institute of Science and Technology of Japan, thought to make understand the men who live and feel their partners during this period.

Specifically, the device recreates the movements of the fetus, the beat, the temperature and so on; and can be used to recreate the experience in a few minutes or as an authentic biological motherhood, with the progressive increase of the abdomen , etc.To achieve this, use a bag of four liters of water with several attached balloons that swell; and integrates touch sensors.

All this connected to a software that is creating a 3D model of the supposedly future baby , and that allows scientists to handle it at will.However, and obviously, the system is unable to evoke hormonal alterations and their consequences on mood .

The brand of Huggies honeycombs has also created a similar device, which lets the potatoes feel something similar.Here, yes, the feeling is much more personalized, because it consists of a dual belt system.One of them must be placed the father and the other the mother.What the device does is transfer the sensations of the latter to the device of man, getting to notice the kicks .Something more limited but equally curious.There are also bracelets like those of Fibo that achieve a similar effect.

A bracelet to prevent sudden death

Another recent finding that is worth commenting on-although it is already intended for those who have given birth-is the bracelet that helps prevent sudden death (the premature death and sudden of a baby healthy).A type of accident that occurs, in most cases, in infants under one year and that is related to some risk factors such as sleeping on your stomach, excess heat in the room (or shelter), carelessness on the part of parents and the like.

Fortunately, the wearable of Apno System could prevent it.We are talking about Infant Care System, a bracelet that controls the child's heart rate and oxygen, issuing alerts (mobile notifications) when it detects any anomaly.In addition, it produces a minimum electric shock to stimulate you and make you recover vital signs if necessary.

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