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Embryos have hearts and heartbeats (sources here), and this fact has great moral significance to many parents.

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1 Saw my child
2 Life-changing
3 A profound thing
4 I didn’t know
5 Lied to my entire life
6 Changed my thinking
7 Hearing my son
8 Heard the heartbeat
9 Sealed my stance
10 Same heartbeat at birth
11 8 week flicker
12 I knew it was right
13 Fully deserving of love and protection
14 my son’s heartbeat
15 my daughter’s heartbeat
16 hearing the heartbeat of my grandchildren
17 not just a blob!
18 those first heartbeats
19 I saw the strong heart beat
20 we heard our beautiful child’s heartbeat
21 so deeply ghoulish
22 my son’s heartbeat
23 I was so overtaken with joy

If first visualizing or hearing your child’s heartbeat had a similar effect for you and you’d like to add your voice to this collection, please contact us.

Saw my child

Life-changing

A profound thing

I didn’t know

Lied to my entire life

Changed my thinking

Hearing my son

Heard the heartbeat

Sealed my stance

Same heartbeat at birth

8 week flicker

I knew it was right

Fully deserving of love and protection

my son’s heartbeat

my daughter’s heartbeat

hearing the heartbeat of my grandchildren

not just a blob!

those first heartbeats

I saw the strong heart beat

we heard our beautiful child’s heartbeat

so deeply ghoulish

my son’s heartbeat

I was so overtaken with joy

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