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Fetal erection?
I have a crazy question that I haven't found an answer to elsewhere on
the web. (Maybe it's in this group's archives and I just haven't found it.) Yesterday I went in for amniocentesis, during which an ultrasound was done and my approximate due date was calculated. (Looks like the fetus is about 17 1/2 weeks along.) The doctor working on me also went ahead and tried to make a guess as to the baby's sex. I noticed that once the doctor zoomed in on the relevant piece of anatomy, he seemed to be struggling to maintain his professional demeanor and not snicker. When I peered at the ultrasound display, it looked as though the baby had an erection. Not knowing as much about penises as my husband who was also there, I later asked for his opinion, and he agreed with me. (Also trying hard not to snicker.) My first reaction was "Kid, what ARE you doing in there?" My second reaction is to wonder whether that's even possible. Do little boys get erections when they're small, fairly undeveloped fetuses? I suppose there are a variety of things that can bring one on, so it doesn't necessarily have a sexual connotation or require that all the male hormones be fired up. Your experiences, please. |
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Fetal erection?
It isn't common for boys to get erections until they are _much_ older due to
sexual reasons, but there are lots of other reasons for an erection. Many men get one upon waking first thing in the morning, and I've been told there's nothing sexual about it. Babies do play with their 'bits' in-utero though, just like later on when they play with them in the bath :-) "Tanya" wrote in message om... I have a crazy question that I haven't found an answer to elsewhere on the web. (Maybe it's in this group's archives and I just haven't found it.) Yesterday I went in for amniocentesis, during which an ultrasound was done and my approximate due date was calculated. (Looks like the fetus is about 17 1/2 weeks along.) The doctor working on me also went ahead and tried to make a guess as to the baby's sex. I noticed that once the doctor zoomed in on the relevant piece of anatomy, he seemed to be struggling to maintain his professional demeanor and not snicker. When I peered at the ultrasound display, it looked as though the baby had an erection. Not knowing as much about penises as my husband who was also there, I later asked for his opinion, and he agreed with me. (Also trying hard not to snicker.) My first reaction was "Kid, what ARE you doing in there?" My second reaction is to wonder whether that's even possible. Do little boys get erections when they're small, fairly undeveloped fetuses? I suppose there are a variety of things that can bring one on, so it doesn't necessarily have a sexual connotation or require that all the male hormones be fired up. Your experiences, please. |
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Fetal erection?
It isn't common for boys to get erections until they are _much_ older due to
sexual reasons, but there are lots of other reasons for an erection. Many men get one upon waking first thing in the morning, and I've been told there's nothing sexual about it. Babies do play with their 'bits' in-utero though, just like later on when they play with them in the bath :-) Thanks for the response, Amy. I suppose it isn't surprising that a kid of mine couldn't even wait until he was out of the womb before starting to get into mischief. The next ultrasound will probably show him picking his nose. |
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"Tanya" wrote in message om... Thanks for the response, Amy. I suppose it isn't surprising that a kid of mine couldn't even wait until he was out of the womb before starting to get into mischief. The next ultrasound will probably show him picking his nose. No, things like this you blame on DH. The kid only has half your genes, remember? The good half... ;-) |
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Fetal erection?
ROBERT T. FRANCOEUR and J. Kenneth Davidson, Sr. write:
"In 1985, Mary Calderone, M.D., a pioneer of American sexology and co-founder of the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, documented the presence of a functioning erectile reflex in a seventeen-week-old male fetus..." http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology.../IES/USA07.HTM Same authors... "Generally, American adults are very uncomfortable with masturbation by infants and children. There are exceptions, of course, as for instance, the practice of indigenous Hawaiian adult caregivers masturbating or fellating infants to calm them at night." "Tanya" wrote in message om... I have a crazy question that I haven't found an answer to elsewhere on the web. (Maybe it's in this group's archives and I just haven't found it.) Yesterday I went in for amniocentesis, during which an ultrasound was done and my approximate due date was calculated. (Looks like the fetus is about 17 1/2 weeks along.) The doctor working on me also went ahead and tried to make a guess as to the baby's sex. I noticed that once the doctor zoomed in on the relevant piece of anatomy, he seemed to be struggling to maintain his professional demeanor and not snicker. When I peered at the ultrasound display, it looked as though the baby had an erection. Not knowing as much about penises as my husband who was also there, I later asked for his opinion, and he agreed with me. (Also trying hard not to snicker.) My first reaction was "Kid, what ARE you doing in there?" My second reaction is to wonder whether that's even possible. Do little boys get erections when they're small, fairly undeveloped fetuses? I suppose there are a variety of things that can bring one on, so it doesn't necessarily have a sexual connotation or require that all the male hormones be fired up. Your experiences, please. |
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