U.S. Mommies To Be

[sma1588]

i had it this morning and as soon as i can find my camera and charger for it i will post pics. i got to see the little arms and legs and it was moving all over the place, it was such a change from last week when i seen the little blob. we also got to hear the nice strong heartbeat. we told my OHs family today to now im gonna go to my moms in a little bit and tell her

 

[southerngal2]

Glad to hear everything went ok!

 

[sma1588]

me to!!! it went great i loved every second of it, i didnt wanna take my eyes off the screen

 

[southerngal2]

I know what you mean!
It seems like ultrasounds are always too short! I could stare at my baby all day on that screen!

 

[MissFox]

Hehehe SERIOUSLY! I was so sad when my 3d4d ultra sound was over!

 

[sma1588]

i cant wait untill my next one to get more pix. i only kept 1 pic bucause my mom and OHs mom both got one so that left me with 1 pic
i was so excited about seeing my LO i totally forgot to get the note that i need for my dentist and ask questions lol ooooops

 

[MissFox]

We got 3 at our first one (8w6d) and then 5 or 6 at the 2nd. Then we got 7 for ourselves at the 3rd (a week after the 2nd) and she also gave us 2 duplicates of the cutest one to give to our moms. Then the 20 week one we also got 7 or so. Our sonographer says she always gets in trouble for giving too many away. We didn't get any prints at the 3d4d but she gave us all of our past pictures on disk and 77 new ones and then there was the DVD of the whole ultra sound.
I'm definitely so happy she gave us prints though! There are so many people who only get 1 each time!

 

[lisaf]

I've got a stack of prints... but I was thinking today how sad it is that I'm not getting any more ultrasounds! (though of course if I were to get an ultrasound it would be because there was a problem they wanted to check on so I definitely am not wishing for that!)

I'm trying to avoid the 3D scan... even though I can get mine very cheap. I really want to be surprised about what my little guy looks like!

 

[sma1588]

ure not getting anymore? i thought they did more when u were closer to the end to check on baby and wich way it is? i know for sure they do more at kaiser when ure towards the end. my OH wants to get the 3d/4d ultrasound done so if thats what he wants thats what were going to do only because i feel like hes actually trying to be apart of it

 

[lisaf]

I don't know of any ultrasounds planned... I know they do one if there are concerns about your measurments (not getting big enough, getting too big), if there are concerns about the placenta or cord, movement, amniotic fluid, or baby's position (possible breech).

Other than that, after the 20 week anomoly scan I don't think they do them for routine checking... they do the heartbeat dopplor every time, just no fun pics of baby!

 

[MissFox]

Yea, as far as I know they aren't planning any more for me. They mentioned it one week when I was measuring 3 weeks ahead but the next appointment was only a week ahead so no further mention and they are pretty sure she is still head down (and so am I given the kicks I get)

If you are interested in the 3d US then I suggest going for it. I'm so happy that we did it and got to see our little girl (and double check thati t's a little girl for DH's sake)

 

[lisaf]

lol, well we did a 2nd 2D scan to confirm the sex of our baby... our 3D will only cost us $40 as a result... but I'm really wanting to resist the urge and want to be surprised about who the baby looks like etc!
(Ok, I'll also admit that I'm a little afraid that I won't be happy with what I see on the screen... either it will look freaky to me like some of the 3D shots do... or that it will have all our worst features etc, lol! I know once the baby is here I won't even notice that stuff so I figure I'll wait until he's here and not get upset in advance when it won't matter once he's here)

As for the head down/kick thing... I ONLY feel movement right behind my belly button or lower. My doc felt around and said he was head-down though... so I don't know if he's flipping around a lot, or if I just don't feel his legs kicking? Its kind of weird?

 

[MissFox]

I wasn't afraid but that's because I made "my baby will be ugly" jokes. Everyone has said she looks just like me except in the "angry" face one we got she looks like her daddy (who am I to deny though- we both have similar features!)
I did mine because my friend had a stillborn and she has her 3d4d pictures and I know taht if anything bad were to happen I would want to have those pictures forever. It's sad but I know she's happy for having them.
Plus our sonographer said that our baby was one of the CUUUTEST that she's seen in a long time! (she said she doesn't say anything when they are ugly babies lol)

 

[lisaf]

Lol!
I will say that a friend of mine's baby does not look very cute in pictures, but when I finally saw him in person he was MUCH cuter... so I think she's just a bad photographer

 

[southerngal2]

I'm thinking of getting one.
Just not sure if I want to spend the money.
It's $200 here, I could get lots of things with that $200.

 

[MissFox]

HAHA! I hope that's how it is when I finally meet one of my best friend's baby! I see pictures ofthe baby and go OOOhh.
Could just be a notso photogenic baby!

 

[lisaf]

Mine would be $120 for the small package of 3D, but since I had a 2D scan with them, they'll credit us the cost of the 2D towards the 3D...
So I'd only have to pay $40... which makes it VERRRRY tempting

 

[MissFox]

That does make it tempting! I would have to go for that personally. I have one picture of my baby with her foot covering her face and her fists holding her foot. It was too cute- even if I didn't see her face those pictures alone would have been worth it.

 

[lisaf]

awww now you're tempting me again!!

Part of whats helping me resist temptation is that the office that does it moved 45 minutes away... but there is great shopping down there so its not THAT much of a deterrent

 

[MissFox]