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Aloha, it’s Stacie and I’m here
to talk with you today about my experience with
the 4D sonogram, or ultrasound. We did this with our son who is the
youngest of our four children and basically it was because my husband didn’t
come with me to my regular ultrasound that is done by the doctor and that
was because we had our three girls and of course we really wanted a son and
my husband wanted to be surprised.
He didn’t want to know whether we
were having a boy or girl so I didn’t tell him about my ultrasound because I
knew that if he knew where I was going he would probably want to come and he
might want to find out whether we were having a boy or girl and I wanted to
respect his wish in not finding out. I wanted to just sort of keep him from
knowing that I was even going because then he would get curious.
Anyways, it turned out that when
I went to my ultrasound for the doctor I found out that we were having a boy
and I don’t exactly remember how the conversation came up but a few weeks
later we ended up talking about it and I told him that we were gonna be
having a son and he was very excited and very happy.
So then of course he wanted to
see the pictures and of course those black and white ultrasound pictures
don’t exactly show you very well whether or not you’re having a boy or
having a girl, sometimes it’s hard to tell. So he looked at them and he
just kind of said well I’ll be convinced when I see the baby. It ended up
coming toward the end of my pregnancy, I’m in the third trimester and I was
looking at a family magazine and there was an add in there for a 4D
sonogram, a local company that does it here and it’s the only company that I
know of here that does it.
I told my husband about it and it
was about $125 or so to go in and do the sonogram and when I told him about
it oh yeah it’s kind of cool but he didn’t really say anything more than
that so I figured he was probably not interested in going. It came toward
about my 36, 37th week and he finally goes when are we going to
go do the ultrasound and I said well I didn’t know you were interested
because you didn’t really say anything and he said well yeah I want to go.
I called the company and they
said well ideally you come in between 32 and 36 weeks because the baby is
quite developed by then but they still have some room to move around so
that’s the ideal time to come in and get a good picture. I think I was
already at 37 weeks so it was kind of past the time frame but they said well
you know if you still want to come in you can still do so but there is no
guarantee that we are going to really see the baby’s face or anything like
that so if you don’t mind paying for the session we don’t give refunds if we
don’t get great pictures so I said ok we’ll go ahead and give it a try.
So I made an appointment and we
went in after work one day and this was probably about six o’clock so we
were the last ones of the day because we were the only ones there and the
technician really took her time with us at least we felt that’s how it was
going. We stayed in there for probably close to 45 minutes and we got to
stand there and see our baby and we did get a good shot of his face and
everything so we were quite happy and it was just so fun to sit in there and
actually see this baby that was growing inside me because you know how it
gets toward the ends of a pregnancy – you feel like it’s been so long and
you wonder when this baby is ever going to come?
It was so nice to see the baby
and it’s kind of actually helped already with the bonding and I know most
mothers’ think about the child all the time but it was just really great to
be able to see oh there is my little one. It kind of in a way relieved some
of the wondering of when is this going to happen that you have towards the
end of your pregnancy but at the same time it also made me even more anxious
to see him because I had seen him in 3D, 4D and what not so it just makes
you want to have him and hold him already in your arms.
So in a way it was good and in a
way it just made me more anxious but I had a lot of fun and I thought it was
a great experience and we got so much time in there. I don’t know if all
companies spend that much time with you or not and I’m sure that the little
ones I think they have some in some malls like the kios type form and I’m
sure that’s really different but they also said this is not a substitute for
an actual medical ultrasound.
You shouldn’t use it as an
alternative to actually seeing your doctor and having the prenatal health
care going on but it was a lot of fun for us. My husband go to see for
himself that we were in fact having a boy because it was very very obvious
in the pictures that it was in fact a little boy that we were having and not
a girl.
So we got a lot of cool pictures
and we had a lot of fun, our family enjoyed the pictures, our neighbors
enjoyed the pictures and even though I thought before that it was a little
bit strange to see that much detail prior to the baby being born, after
having been through it I think it’s really great and really fun and a good
experience for all parents who are expecting.
If you have the opportunity or
know someone who is pregnant and toward the end of their pregnancy,
definitely recommend it to them or if you have the chance to go ahead and do
it I would definitely recommend it for a new parent!
