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BY ASIA ARMOUR

Little Tickles owners want to be a “one stop shop.”

Co-owner Cynthia Wordu started the business with her husband.

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Little Tickles oers maternity services for families Cynthia Wordu, the co-owner of Little Tickles in Pearland, was giving birth to her second child during the grand opening of her maternity center in April 2023. The backstory nondiagnostic 3D and 4D maternity ultrasound center out of the need to provide expecting mothers and their families more opportunities to savor the journey of entering into motherhood, she said. What they oer

Little Tickles oers nondiagnostic 3D and 4D ultrasounds.

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During her rst and second pregnancy, Wordu said she wanted more chances to see her baby via ultrasound, but the opportunities were few and far between, she said. “With my rst baby, I think I saw them maybe three or four times,” Wordu said. “You might see your OBGYN every week or [every] two weeks, but they’re not going to do an ultrasound every time. Even then, the pictures are 2D.” So she and her husband opened the

Aside from the ultrasound experience, her ser- vices include pre- and postnatal massages, gender determinations, and maternity photoshoots, which she began oering in May. To further connect with their growing baby, the business also oers heartbeat plush toys as a keepsake for mom and family, she said. “We are here for entertainment—it’s just for fun,” Wordu said. “For now, we just want to make moms happy, we want to make them smile.”

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