A Child is Born: Photographs of the foetus developing in the womb, by Lennart Nilsson


	A Child is Born: Photographs of the foetus developing in the womb, by Lennart Nilsson

countryboylife

10-3-2009 8:13 AM

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photography, babies, pregnancy

countryboylife says:

My parents had this book in the library when I was a child, it was and remains fascinating

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10-18-2009 5:31 AM

rendev

Hi
Amazing Pictures.
Thanks for sharing!!

10-22-2009 2:01 PM

lollipop10

so amazing. when i was pregnant, you could pay to have images (sorry, the name escapes me) taken of your baby while still inside you. I got them taken, and still have them. So cool! I suppose i'll prob give them to the kids when they grow up. I don't know though, maybe i'll keep them for a while.

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