4D Ultrasound

Oh today was so cool! I invited my mom & Roob's mom to come to this ultrasound appt. (and of course Roob). They used the newest, most up to date machine on me this time and it was the best view of the baby I've had to date. It was really cool. We saw a couple glimpses of the baby that were unbelievable...some of them were captured on my DVD, and they printed out a few, but I'm sure we missed catching the best ones on tape. Anyways, the sound waves literally bounce off of the baby to create a "topographical" map of surface of the baby. You can literally see the baby's features. It's amazing. (in the third picture, the baby has the heel of his arm rubbing one eye, and the other hand is just on his lower cheek of his face. at first it looks funny but you should be able to see it) Well since the picture is so much better, can I tell you we DEFINITELY could tell it was a boy this time? We all died laughing when I asked the technician if she could measure it for us! (I couldn't resist) She even punched me and told me that no one has ever asked her to do that, but she did it! I am still laughing about it b/c it was funny to me.

Oh something else that was funny is that at the beginning of the appointment, there was a "student technician" in the room who started me off, and when she saw his malehood, she literally said, "ok and there's his nuts." I got the giggles so bad b/c what doctorish person says "nuts"? HAAAAA! So then she was like, "oh, uh...I mean scrotum." It was funny. I told her not to worry about it, she can talk like that in front of us. :) Too funny. What else? Hmmm...oh the technician told us that all his measurements are really good, and he's in the 73rd percentile for his size (he's 1 lb. 10 oz), and she could also see that his bladder was full (sign that he is drinking) and that his kidneys are functioning, and that his heart looks really good and healthy. Hooray! What a relief! It was amazing b/c I could see all that stuff that she was pointing out. I couldn't believe that this ultrasound machine was THAT much better than the one I'm usually on when I'm there. I hope I get to use it again as the baby gets even bigger.