3-D ultrasound helps blind woman 'see' fetus in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 8 (UPI) -- A Brazilian mother who lost her sight at the age of 17 was able to "see" the face of her unborn son with a 3-D printing of an ultrasound image.

Tatiana Guerra, 30, who has named her son Murilo, starred in a short film by Huggies Brazil that showed the woman becoming one of the first blind mothers to be able to "see" her unborn child with the use of a 3-D printed ultrasound image.

"I'm very happy to meet Murilo... before he's born," Guerra says in the video.

The video was created by ad agency Mood with help from 3-D printing firm The Goodfellas.

"As a brand, Huggies considers each moment of this new phase in the lives of many women -- the maternal role," said Priya Patel, director of baby care at Kimberly-Clark Brazil, Huggies Brazil's parent company. "Huggies believes that such protective embrace and bond help babies grow up happy."