Baby M-2, up close and personal

I asked a friend of mine about ultrasounds, since she runs a diagnostic ultrasound shop and I never had a scan from the OB. Although I'd have been fine with going through the pregnancy without one, I was not opposed to having one either, just for peace of mind that baby looks healthy.

We went in to her place last night. She surprised us by doing a full 3D/4D scan. I never expected to see one of my babies in a 3D scan - it was unreal. Unfortunately we had Gavin there, who was bored and complaining, making it hard to concentrate and really enjoy it. At least we have these pictures to look at.

In some of the views, while it was running real time, this baby looked a lot like Gavin as a baby. You can't see it as much in any of the pictures we got, though.

Baby was really active - even K commented on it. And baby wasn't being as active as s/he often is. Am I surprised? Not so much. This one's got to have the energy to keep up with Gavin.

The only potential issue she found was that the placenta appears to be somewhat low-lying. She'll ask their diagnostician to review the scan and she'll get back to me. I know intellectually it's too early to be truly concerned, that the placenta will "move" as the uterus grows throughout the rest of the pregnancy. I know this. If a doula client in the same situation were to ask me about it I would not be overly worried for her, and would give her this information confidently. But when it's yourself, how hard it is to take your own advice! But I emailed my midwives, who told me what I would have told a client. I feel somewhat reassured, hearing it from someone else. But still, that knowledge is now riding around in my head and I can't get rid of it. What was that about ignorance and bliss?


There are two more pictures posted at Flickr.

Posted by allison at September 28, 2006 09:59 AM