There's nothing quite like seeing your child's face for the first time - but until they're born, you have to make do with ultrasound scans. Most expecting mothers have ultrasound scans throughout their pregnancy to check on their unborn baby's development in the womb.
But as not everybody has an easy pregnancy, some women may have to have other check ups - such as MRI scans - to help doctors diagnose any unrelated health issues. A mum-to-be has shared an image of her unborn baby taken during an MRI scan - and Reddit users did not hold back with their thoughts on the 'cursed' image.
One user joked: "Looks like a cursed jelly baby," while another added: "It kind of looks like Mr Bean to me."
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Other users debated whether the foetus looked more like Pickle Rick from the adult animated science-fiction sitcom Rick and Morty, or like "eggplant shaped versions of the aliens from Mars Attacks".
One user said: "This is the funniest thing I've ever seen."
Another user added: "I'm pregnant and I can't stop laughing at these."
Explaining the MRI scan in more detail, one user said: "Can confirm - I’m an MRI tech and I’ve scanned plenty of pregnant women.
"You can't see them move in real time unless it's a cine sequence. None of what I routinely look at is very interesting to me anymore. I see it every day - it's work."
It comes after actor and comedian Andy Richter left people in stitches after sharing an MRI scan of his friend's pug.
With users claiming it to be "simultaneously the cutest and most terrifying thing" they've ever seen, the picture has been shared more than 14,400 times on Twitter.
One user said: "This made me laugh uncontrollably for two minutes straight."
Another user added: "Amazing. Pugs may be the only creature to look exactly the same in X-Ray as in visible light."
A third user, who was unsure about the image, said: "Thank you for the happy nightmares this image will bring me tonight."
While most users laughed at the poor pug, a vets said it highlights the concerns about selective breeding, which has been having detrimental impacts on the health of the breed.
Rory Cowlam, a vet based in London, told the Independent that although most MRI images, including those taken of humans, would look unusual to the untrained eye, he conceded the pug's snapshot was 'pretty odd looking'
He said: "Their faces have been shortened due to intensive breeding by humans, unfortunately.
"They have these massive eyes, bunched up noses - the condition is called brachycephalism.
"We have, through human selection, bred them to look more like a human baby because we find that cute, but unfortunately that cute look is not very good for the animal."
With other breeds including French bulldogs and Shih Tzus also suffering from the same condition, Dr Cowlam said he would 'actively encourage' prospective owners to think again about buying animals with brachycephalism.
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