Saturday, February 25, 2006

want to test your squinting skills?

First is the head. They had a better view on the screen, but the tech couldn't quite catch it on film. All facial features appear to be present and accounted for.













And here we see a very blurry leg and foot kicking my very full bladder. They tech said, "well, you REALLY don't need to drink that much next time." oops. I suppose this is my opportunity to publicly admit that D was right, that much OJ cannot be good for anyone. It did wake the baby up, that's for sure!














and here, if you were looking at the actual picture instead of a picture of a picture, you would see the umbilical cord and the "turtle" that caused D to buy a Green Bay Packers sleeper and matching hat on ebay a few days ago. =)














All in all, we were both surprised at how much we did recognize without needing the technician to point things out. I guess it helped that he was moving around so much, so you could see actual fingers flexing instead of a white blur near the head. If we want to fork over $250, we can have a 4d ultrasound with pictures on disc to take home with us. Alas, we are too cheap. Anyone who wants to take up a fund is welcome to do so ;-) The doc said that everything is normal and in the right places, and the size is consistant with our dates. What fun.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can I be the first to say how cute he is? Or do I have to wait until he's actually born? Which could be a problem. I've rarely understood the newborn/cute connection. Except this one time, it was the first of my neices and nephews. That kid was seriously cute.

GrannyBoo said...

I know her, and I'd have to agree.

These pictures, however, don't completely prove to me that my first grandchild isn't a pup.

There's some dream fodder!

Lil' Brenda said...

B, let me tell you, that kid gestating in there ain't a pup! I'm prob. the only one on this web site "geeky" enough to be able to perform ultrasounds and read them. Kid looks healthy, has a sizable scrotom, so I doubt that's a mistaken placenta waving in there (like I say, I've delivered two girls that were mistaken to be boys due to placental interference-doesn't look like the case here). And Em, I really coulda done withOUT part of the first picture. Ewwwww. (ask me why in an email). Ewwwwww. Ewwwww. I just did NOT need that visual image to go with a brain image. Ewwww. I think I'm traumatized. And I deal with this stuff everyday. As long as it's not a relative, I don't care.
Ewwwww.
Ewwwwwwwwwwww.

mira said...

yeah, you're going to have to explain that one to me, I think. Or maybe i don't want to know what I just showed all my friends/family...

Anonymous said...

Trust me, not really sure you want to know.....I'll have to email you.....

mira said...

lol...well, you didn't have to look...

glad to know that "instant visualization" is a montanye thing. Probably why everyone congregates around the medical stories at dinner. eww.

Lil' Brenda said...

mom still doesn't know how she "spawned" a dr and a nurse-she's like "but they were supoosed to be teachers!" whenever we gross her out at the dinner table.
my fav picture of "gross out" is your dad crossing his legs as we describe what happens to men who smoke! ;)

mira said...

yeah, I loved that one. great memories, great memories.