The pregnant body, formerly metaphor for hidden and the invisible - is with the help of vizualizing technologies - turned into a space and opportunity forpublic inspection. The sonogram like television renders the fetus visible and therefore present and more "our child". It is image of an idealized infant, rather than that of a fetus or embryo with its distinctive appearance,uncertain future and undefined personhood. The fetus we understand today was first conceived not in womb but in vizualizing technologies. In the society of visuality and spectacle seing is beleiving. Ultrasoud is (also) medium.
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