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You are looking at a perfectly healthy human fetus. It just happens to be inside an MRI machine rather than an ultrasound.

Magnetic resonance imaging maps tissues with high water concentrations. The eyes and the brain are full of water. The machine lights them up like beacons. It turns a developing baby into a wide-eyed sleep paralysis demon.

There is a reason doctors stick to ultrasounds for routine prenatal checks. They are affordable. They are safe. They do not induce panic. MRIs cost thousands of dollars and are kept strictly as a backup tool. Doctors only bring them out when an ultrasound catches a suspected anomaly in complex soft tissues. Until then, you get the blurry ultrasound photos. It is better for everyone’s nerves.