My excitement soon faded after we met our tech. Unlike our last tech, who laughed and joked and seemed genuinely excited for us, yesterday's tech was a rigid old lady. She had an agenda and just wanted to check the boxes and get it done. During the scan, I noticed the baby's hand up near his mouth like he was sucking his fingers, and I said to Ryan, "Oh my gosh, look at his hand" The Tech abruptly replied, "I'm not focused on his hand right now". I realized quickly that she wasn't interested in what we were focused on, and after that Ryan and I both were pretty quiet for the remainder of the scan. I'm really glad it wasn't our first scan because she sort of sucked the excited out of it for me. But, enough about her negative attitude...and onto the more positive outcome of the scan.
The baby's scan showed us that he is developing properly. It showed us his head, brain, spine, neck, skin, lungs, heart, kidneys, bladder, boy parts and skeleton, and all looked great. It was especially interesting to watch his lungs as he practiced breathing and to see him open his mouth and practice swallowing. We also got to see that the blood is flowing correctly through the four chambers of his heart, and that he has two symmetrical halves to his brain. So, even though the tech only switched to a 4D view for a few seconds of the 45 minute scan, we were happy to see that our little guy is developing on schedule.
Here are a few of the pictures that we got when she switched to the 4D view. He was pretty active during the scan so the one picture we got of his face isn't very clear. I was a little nervous when I first saw it because his upper lip seems to be jutting out so much further than his lower lip. But, Ryan reassured me and reminded me that when he's moving during the scan sometimes an entire limb or his nose will disappear or it will look like he has a hole in his head. So, I'm going to stop worrying about his upper lip. All in all, despite the fact that our tech was far from enjoyable, our scan allowed us to have another quick glimpse of our baby boy, which is always a good thing.
Profile of baby's face
Baby's spine
Baby's right arm and hand