Yesterday Colleen and I went to a place that does 3D ultrasound imaging (they say 4D but I refuse to use the term 4D, what is the fourth D?) so we could see actual pics of our little baby girl. My Mom, Sister, Grandma, Grandpa, Mother-in-law and Aunt were also all there. The room can seat 18 people and they put the video up on at large plasma display so everyone can see. They try to make it a nice little family thing, which they do a pretty good job of creating. We were there for at least 45 minutes trying to see if the baby would cooperate with us, but as usual she was doing her own thing instead of what we wanted. We did manage to capture 25 photos and about 12 minutes worth of video. After the 45 minutes however, they asked us if we would like to come back in about 3 to 4 weeks to try again and take some better images. We figured why not, we have seen quite a bit of her already and have 12 minutes of video and 25 images of her at 22 weeks. Since the package we bought was for 25 minutes of video they said we could come back again later to finish up, which allows them to move the poeple that were waiting to go next into the ultrasound room. So now we are going to do this again in 4 weeks, which will hopefully allow us to take even more pics and see even more development. We did get a couple good 3D pics of her this time. We have two pics where she is sticking her tongue out at us and a few more decent face shots. She definately is active and doesn’t seem to stop moving that much, arms and hands seem to go to the face all the time. Just to give you an idea on size, she should be closing in on one pound at this point. We will get all the measurements next time we go back in. I will work on getting the video up here at some point as well, it is neat to see. You even see her open her eyes for a quick second before shutting them again. All in all it was a good experience and I would recommend doing it and inviting family and friends to go watch. Take a minute and look at the pics, some are 2D (spaceman) pics and others are the 3D pics. A few take a minute to figure out but others are very clear.
