About a week and a half ago, Peter and I went to get a 3-D ultrasound done. We've had a few family and friends recommend it and decided to give it a try. In the waiting room, we were looking through the business's "photo album" at some of the pictures they've taken. I must say, it's a good thing we went when I was 31 weeks because babies at less than 29 weeks still look so creepy/skeletal/alien like. I'm glad that the baby we saw on the ultrasound actually looks like a baby.
So we had a whole 1/2 hour session which gave us lots of time to watch the baby move. It was interested how the technician would start with a traditional ultrasound and then when she thought the picture would be good, would focus on an area and switch it into 3-D mode. The first 15 minutes of the session, the baby was moving like crazy so it was hard to get a good shot plus he basically had his face right against the placenta which doesn't make for very good 3-D pictures. The technician was nice enough to give us a break so that we could walk around for 10-15 minutes and hopefully during the walk he would quiet down and move enough that we could get some good shots.
The second 15 minutes went much better. He had moved his face and calmed down quite a bit. The umbilical cord was in front of his mouth a lot of the time but it was still much better than before. It was amazing to actually be able to see what our son looks like!!! And with a 30 minute session we got to see lots of different things, like a huge yawn (tongue movement, too), him holding his ear, his foot all the way up by his face, etc. He is still a boy and his heartbeat is strong. It was a totally fascinating experience that I am glad we did plus now when I think of the baby, I can picture his face. That makes me more excited to see him in a few months.
We've decided he's got Peter's nose because that certainly isn't mine!
We can't decide whose lips he has. In some pictures they look like Peter's lips and in some they look like mine.
He's got his hand up by his ear in this one but the 3-D imaging doesn't focus well across different depths.
I love that he's already got some chub on those cheeks!
He's got his foot up by his face on this one but again, due to the different depths we couldn't get the picture focused on both his face and his foot. What would it be like to be that flexible again?!
We left with 8 black and white pictures, a CD of all 15 images she took plus a DVD of the whole session. I only wish the DVD came with the sound of the technician explaining everything. We can remember right now since it was only about a week ago but in a few years I'm sure we'll watch the DVD and go, HUH? :) I know he still has some time to cook but I'm thinking he's going to be a pretty cute baby!
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