Currently, many clinics provide photos taken during ultrasound scans. But last July, Tokyo-based medical engineering firm Fasotec and Hiroo Ladies clinic started a service that makes 3D models showing the inside of the abdomen during pregnancy.

Fasotec creates the printouts via a technology called BioTexture, which uses ultrasound to generate the initial 3D models. Then, the 3D model is formed by a 3D printer.

A model of the mother’s body and baby inside is generated, enabling you to record the baby’s position and appearance, providing you with the memory and sensation of having the baby when he/she was still inside you.

In the video below, little Kyosuke is 2-months-old. When he was born his family already knew what he'd look like from a 3D printout of his face, made when he was in the womb.

"When we did it I was eight months pregnant, so he already had a human shape and baby face. I wonder how I'd have felt if I'd seen him earlier in my pregnancy," said his mother Kyoko Aizaka.

Unsurprisingly, all of this is pretty expensive. Fasotec charges \$500 for the entire scanning and printing process, so unless you’re really impatient to touch your unborn child’s face, perhaps is better to wait a few months!

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7s5XY9yBgI or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUsCPO7poY8

Sources : http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130717-get-a-3d-print-of-your-unborn-baby-face.html ; http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/17/3d-print-baby-face/; http://www.biotexture.com/mother/eng/index.html#about