Babies 'learn to grimace in the womb'

Unborn babies “practise” facial expressions of pain while they are in the womb, scientists say.

Babies 'learn to grimace in the womb'

Unborn babies “practise” facial expressions of pain while they are in the womb, scientists say.

Foetuses have been pictured using 4D scanning technology showing what appears to be pain.

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