It is hard to believe, but the world has actually stopped like we could never have imagined, not even in the best Netflix series. In these uncertain weeks, many people must face another enemy, in addition to the damn Coronavirus: boredom. From this humble platform that is my blog, which allows me to reach...
Music from the beginning of life Archive
Sharon Corr’s youngest fan
I am very lucky to call the great Irish artist Sharon Corr a friend. A year and a half ago when Sharon, together with Álex Ubago, held a concert for the hundreds of embryos that were then developing in the incubators, a comment from her stuck in my mind: “Getting to meet the...
Passion for football starts before birth
As you already know, thanks to Babypod we are carrying out research studies about foetal response to different voices and tunes. In these studies, we have proved that foetuses can barely hear any noise coming from outside, but they can hear from week 16, when they measure 11 centimetres, only if the sound comes...
Our cutting-edge technology in IVF gets to the Imperial College
When we talk about the latest technology related to IVF we tend to think about cutting- edge technology or in novel equipment for laboratories. We go a step further. We have incorporated technology to everything we do, inside and outside the laboratory. This has caught the attention of the media and of scientists from...
When does life start?
This year, during my Christmas speech I spoke about when do we believe that human life begins. Always with the music as a backdrop, this year we have celebrated a party based around ABBA’s music. As I said, in this party I took the opportunity to reflect on “When does life begin?”: When does life start? When exactly does a human...
Musical ultrasound
The Spanish singer Soraya Arnelas uses Babypod daily during her pregnancy and she came to Institut Marques to perform a musical ultrasound. I will never forget the singer’s face of happiness. She herself recognized that in no other session had she seen those movements of tongue and mouth that the baby performed while hearing...
Can music improve embryo implantation?
At Institut Marquès we continue asking questions about the benefits of music in the beginning of life. So, now we want to know if music can also help embryo to implant in the maternal womb. Thus, we are carrying out a study with patients from all around the world using Babypod. We want to...
The Story of a Discovery (5) – What do we think can be heard inside the uterus?
I(5) – WHAT DO WE THINK CAN BE HEARD INSIDE THE UTERUS? – The foetus receives sounds from the inner body of the mother: heartbeat, breathing and abdominal sounds. The foetus also hears sounds of what the mother is doing (e.g. when she talks or walks in high heels), and also outside noises. But the...
The Story of a Discovery (4) The results of the first study
(4) – THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST STUDY – Scans previous to stimulation showed that 45% of the fetuses were moving the head and the extremities, and that 30% were moving the mouth and the tongue. This is normally what they do when they are awake. When the vaginal music stimulation (using the Babypod)...
The impact of Babypod
Even though it may seem that I’m trying to promote the company that commercialized the device, I can’t help sharing with you the impact that the video of Soraya’s concert has had around the world. The word Babypod has been mentioned all over the world, but what touches me the most are the comments...
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