Never thought I needed to see this until I realized I've never seen this 🥲

[Heartstrings]

🤔

[MLAA]

1. Cool, it's long overdue! Glad you posted.

[3catwoman3]

2. Nor have I, despite spending 48 years in...

…pediatric health care.

Thank you for putting this up.

[mercuryblues]

3. That is part of white privilege

I have never even had to think about this not being ok. My needs were being met.

[Tommymac]

4. K & R for awesomeness.

Thanks so much for posting.

[druidity33]

5. did they really need to show the poops?

it's um, pretty graphic...

[Sucha NastyWoman]

9. ?

I don’t see what you are seeing

[ARPad95]

11. You're right. There are no "poops." It's simply the depiction of the mother's colon.

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/medical-illustration-showing-types-of-colon-royalty-free-illustration/1214968506

[Mr.Bill]

6. I asked my wife, a retired OB Nurse

if she had ever seen a black fetus depicted. She said no, probably because when black babies are born, they are actually fairly light skinned. They turn darker after birth at varying amounts of time. I never knew this.

[ARPad95]

7. True

https://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy/your-baby/fetal-development-your-babys-skin_40005850

Babies of parents with dark skin may look noticeably lighter than their parents at birth and get darker over time. Typically, it takes somewhere between several months and several years old for a child's skin to reach its baseline level of color – aside from fluctuations caused by time spent in and out of the sun.

[cannabis_flower]

16. This led to a situation with my niece's in-laws.

My niece is very white. Her husband is from Dominica and is very dark. When their son was born the in-laws wanted a paternity test because they didn’t believe that it was her husband’s child. Not sure if they got the paternity test but the child did get darker. Not near as dark as his dad but not milk white like mom either. He’s a beautiful child.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

21. Nope incorrect We're NOT all born light skinned & those who are do NOT routinely darken with age

The only time that this applies is when certain swirls babies are born to parents of 2 different tones that is to say, 1 VERY fair parent + 1 VERY dark parent. When there is a very large difference in tone between the mother & father & black babies who are premature; the way one knows that the kid will darken is by looking at the tips of the ears and the tips of the fingers, ie, the area surrounding the nail bed. If a darker color is noted in those areas then you know that the baby will darken to the shade in those areas.

I'm caramel with a golden coppery undertone. I was born with this color and have always been this color. black babies do NOT routinely change color, except in certain exceptional cases.

[Mr.Bill]

22. I'm not goint to argue your personal experience,

but I will take the word of my wife who has witnessed the birth of thousands of babies.

[Polybius]

14. Search Google for "fetus"

They're all white.

[Polybius]

17. I think the OP is just saying that the generic fetus description is never anything but white

The OP is probably saying that generic descriptions of fetuses shouldn't always be white, and it's a nice change of pace to see a black one.

[Moosepoop]

19. In the wrong place anatomically??

It's right where it should be.

[Tribetime]

12. Ty 👍

[Martin68]

13. Ya'll do realize that part of the anti-abortion agenda is to persuade African Americans that the

pro choice stance is racist because it is designed to encourage African-Americans to abort their babies?