ARTIFICIAL WOMBS WHERE BABIES GROW OUTSIDE THE BODY

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I asked a guy this question during a class argument that was based on the best gender in the world.

"DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT CHILD BIRTH FEELS LIKE?
or
DO YOU FEEL GIVING BIRTH IS LIKE A PARACHUTE JUMP WHERE YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND AT THE LAST MINUTE?"

He became short of words but was still trying to scale his way through the question even though it was so obvious that he has lost the argument. I made him understand that it is mandatory that what's inside must come out and so you can imagine the pains that comes along with it.

**By all reports, the WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION came to a conclusion that giving birth can be a very long, painful and even deadly process

In a quest to help bring solution to this unavoidable problem, i call it unavoidable because the joy of motherhood is carrying her baby even though she has to go through pain. Scientist are on the verge of finding an effective lasting solution which will bring us to the dawn of a new era where

BABIES GROW OUTSIDE THE WOMB

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THE LAMB THAT SURVIVED IN AN ARTIFICIAL WOMB

Inside what looked like an oversized ziplock bags strewn with tubes of blood and fluid, eight fetal lambs continued to develop as they would have done inside thei mother's womb.
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This was an experiment carried out to test run a future device that would enable an external carriage of pregnancy. Thus,this would involve growing a Fetus outside the baby of an organism. This invention is called the Artificial Uterus640px-Nature_Communications_Biobag_system_design (1).jpg
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COMPONENTS OF AN ARTIFICIAL WOMB

The artificial womb is designed in such a way that it will meet the same requirement as the normal human womb. Thus it consists of the following components;

The artificial plancenta
Amniotic Sac
Umbilical Cord
Uterine wall
¶ Nutrition, oxygen supply & waste disposal

IMAGINE THE JOYS OF GROWING YOUR BABY IN YOUR HOME WITHOUT STRESS

Just picture the scenario where you have your own fetus growing in a device at home and all you need to do is come home, peep at your incoming baby and smile.
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According to creators futurism, the device is in a form of a retrofuturistic incubator that is shaped like an egg and is been covered with a transparent shell that allows the developing fetus to be fully viewable.

The incubator is to be designed in a way that the food the parents eat can be distributed into the artificial womb and they can also communicate with the unborn baby using a microphone. This microphone allows the user to communicate with the baby as they are developing. Although this invention unlike the animal incubator has not been brought into the market.

SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS IN CREATING AN ARTIFICIAL WOMB

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Scientist have taken various steps to produce an artificial womb that will mimic a natural human womb but thwy have not been able to overcome some obstacles hindering them. The artificial womb requires an actuall shell to hold the developing embryo or fetus. In other to achieve this, scientist have constructed shells using both man-made materials and also human cells.

Inaddition to this shell, there has to be an introduction of an artificial amniotic fluid that will surround the developing embryo. This fluid serves as a source of protection for the fetus against outside injury, fetal movement, promote lung and musculoskeletal development and also maintain a constant temperature in the womb. Along with the womb structure and also the amniotic fluid, a regulating device through which the fetus can recieve the proper amount of oxygen, nutrients and hormones. An example of a regulating device is an EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATOR. But then even before the creation of all these, scientist are still facing a challenge on the removal of fetus without harming it.

How i wish this research would have been completed so that i dont have to go through any pain while giving birth to my baby.

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Wow! Glad to know that someone else is interested in bionics too. :)
Nice work

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