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 semen sample collection. What do men like?
When we ask a man to bring a semen sample for analysis or other studies there is usually no problem. He obtains it at home and brings it to us. However, when it is time to provide the sample for an In-Vitro Fertilisation, things change. In general they are nervous, hypersensitive because of the...
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...
Vaginal concert for foetuses
This week I went to a concert for pregnant women organized by Babypod. It was hilarious as on arrival I went to the bathroom at the events hall and the show was beginning here, in front of the mirror. It was filled with lots of pregnant women with big bellies who were entering to...
The Story of a Discovery (3) – The scientific research starts
(3) – THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STARTS – I don’t know if you are aware of all the steps required to prepare a clinical trial. It’s long and quite complicated. It has to be done by experts, and I’m not one. It has to be approved by an Ethics Committee formed by heath personnel, lawyers,...
The Story of a Discovery (2) – The first tests continue
(2) THE FIRST TESTS CONTINUE – You are probably surprised with what you have just seen. We repeated the experiment with more patients and we discovered the following: that the fetuses react with mouth and tongue movements when they hear music… they are trying to vocalize. But the only way for the fetuses to...
The Story of a Discovery (1)
This is the story of how we discovered what babies hear inside the uterus and how they react when they hear sound. I’ll explain it step by step. (1) WE HAD TO PLAY MUSIC TO THE FETUSES After achieving better results in in-vitro fertilization by applying music vibrations in the incubators for embryos, we...
What is the Meaning of Music?
At Institut Marquès we are conducting a very important line of research on the effect of music on humans, which goes from the day we become an oocyte until the moment we’re born. I’ll inform you about these discoveries as we’re publishing them. Some of them are so amazing that I had to read...