It was just our luck that the OB practice I go to purchased a 4D ultrasound machine a week or so after our routine fetal survey ultrasound in October. I asked our doctor if there were any way that we could have another ultrasound, as I was concerned that Baby Q might be breech (Ethan was until about 37-38 wks) and really would like to get to see a 4D view of the baby. Our doctor was nice enough to order the ultrasound, so today we had our third ultrasound for Baby Q. Everything with the baby looked great, although my amniotic fluid level was measuring high. I was aware that low amniotic fluid was of concern for the baby's health, but did not know that high levels can also be indicative of abnormalities. The baby was estimated to be 3 lbs 11oz and otherwise appeared healthy (aside from the fluid levels). And (yay!) he is head-down, not breech.
Sadly the ultrasound tech informed us that she had not yet been trained on the 4D capabilities of their new ultrasound machine and said that she had only experimented with those settings on one other patient. We asked very nicely if she would consider attempting to view Baby Q in 4D, and she was willing to give it a try! So, she experimented with the "wand" for a bit (she said that the way you acquire views of the baby in 2D vs 4D are very different, so it was difficult to change mindsets on how to go about acquiring 4D images). She managed to view about half of Baby Q's face, but he was obstructing the rest of the view with his arm. It was neat to get a tiny glimpse of what Baby Q will look like, and from what we can tell, he is going to resemble his big brother quite a bit! I had asked if we could bring a CD-R or DVD to record images of the baby, and unfortunately we were told that was not possible at this time, though we did get to keep a few printed images. My doctor scheduled another ultrasound for 2 weeks from now to re-check the fluid level.
Monday, December 15, 2008
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