In the past few months I have been scanned and prodded on a regular basis, or rather baby has. Thought I should share some of baby's first pictures with you.
These are from the first scan at 12 weeks. This was amazing, it was when it all started to feel very real. Up until that point I didn't really believe I was pregnant, not really.
It was a great experience though, to see it on screen and see the little heart beating. It is definitely a landmark moment for a couple expecting their first child. It was also a relief to see and hear that everything looked normal and healthy, up until then I naturally felt a lot of anxiety about it all. But the tests at that stage all came back with good results and everything looked healthy - 2 arms, 2 legs, brain, spine, heart and other vital organs - check!
I had a second scan at 22 weeks but the pictures from that were not great. Baby was not that cooperative, when he first appeared on screen he was sucking his thumb and clearly wanted to be left alone to sleep. Oh, but we did find out it's a boy at that scan.
We splashed out and went for a private 4D scan just for fun a couple of weeks ago too. (It's weird, I'm not sure where they found the fourth dimension from, but whatever!) We debated it but thought it would be fun to get a video and some 3D pictures, for the first baby.
We had a real job getting these pictures, he was just not cooperative. I get the feeling he hates being scanned and I do feel a pang of guilt about doing it to him so many times. Who knew he would be so shy! He had his arms and hands up around his face most of the time and would turn away, he clearly just wanted to sleep and we were ruining his Saturday morning lie in! We were there for about two hours. The clinic were fantastic and had infinite patience. After a few pictures and videos they gave me a sweet hot chocolate and told me to walk around for a little while, that tends to get babies moving. He moved his arms but still had his hands around his face so after a couple more attempts we went to lunch and came back for another go but he still hadn't moved enough. We got a few good shots we were happy with though, so we thought it best to leave the stubborn little thing alone after that. And here he is!
Watching the moving pictures on screen was pretty amusing, he is quite a comedy baby so far. For one thing he seemed to be lying in there folded in half! He had his legs right up by his face and was touching his head with his foot. We also him yawn and suck in fluid, and smile too.
Yes, that is his foot that he's rubbing against his head!!
Rubbing his sleepy eyes with his fist
I can't wait to meet him and see what he really looks like. I hope he really does have those chubby cheeks, I have a pinch and bite compulsion I need to satisfy!
