Creepy Old Japanese Pregnant Dolls (with Attached Creepy Fetus Dolls!)

re: Creepy Old Japanese Pregnant Dolls (with Attached Creepy Fetus Dolls!)

Sarah — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:32:50 GMT

You might be interested to know that Japanese parents can buy their kids a pregnant Licca doll - their Barbie equivalent. After an appropriate gestation period, they can write away for a key to "unlock" the baby. I'm sorry I can't post a photo... I imagine the postpartum Licca is never the same as the regular doll. (for better and worse?) In any case, the doll in this post reminded me of it.

re: Creepy Old Japanese Pregnant Dolls (with Attached Creepy Fetus Dolls!)

Elendy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:24:45 GMT

I am also a healthcare practitioner (and midwife-to-be); so I feel pretty good about my credentials as far as appreciating the beauty and uniqueness of birth.

But this doll? Hello Zombie face!! I'm gonna have nightmares about her for days!

The fetus though I think is awesome. It looks like it can be bent into various positions to mimic different presentations - totally cool.

re: Creepy Old Japanese Pregnant Dolls (with Attached Creepy Fetus Dolls!)

Manjari — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:58:41 GMT

This doesn't seem that creepy to me. I think it's kind of cool.

re: Creepy Old Japanese Pregnant Dolls (with Attached Creepy Fetus Dolls!)

Larissa — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:00:18 GMT

People need to get over it. Birth is a normal process, pregnancy is how we all start out. It is about as creepy as seedlings.

Get. Over. It.

re: Creepy Old Japanese Pregnant Dolls (with Attached Creepy Fetus Dolls!)

maeby — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:57:45 GMT

aww i wanna uncurl that baby and hold it.

re: Creepy Old Japanese Pregnant Dolls (with Attached Creepy Fetus Dolls!)

Marj — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:30:30 GMT

Helpful, useful, and creepy. A lot of medical stuff is creepy to non-medical practitioners.

re: Creepy Old Japanese Pregnant Dolls (with Attached Creepy Fetus Dolls!)

Creeped Out — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:41:21 GMT

Dear Midwife,

Mr. Gamble felt this was creepy because a) it's creepy and b) it's creepy.

Sincerely,

Someone Equally Creeped Out

re: Creepy Old Japanese Pregnant Dolls (with Attached Creepy Fetus Dolls!)

Midwife — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:32:24 GMT

I really don't see why you think this is either weird or creepy. It's an anatomical model used for teaching. Med schools, Nursing schools, Midwives &, in fact, all health professions use them all the time. If it really is 19th Century, they used them then too. I think it's very well done & extremely useful.