4D Ultrasound

This morning we had a 4D ultrasound done. Let me just say - it was awesome! As with most insurance companies, our insurance didn't cover a 4D sono, but . . . we have connections. Our Sunday School teacher wears many hats and has many titles. One of those titles is "Dr" as he is a retired OBGYN. When he found out we were expecting he offered to do a FREE ultrasound for us. I of course got excited because I love free stuff and what could be better than a free sneak peek of my baby?
We arrived early this morning and got all set up. On the way there I told Ben that I just had this feeling that the baby wasn't going to cooperate. I hadn't felt "him" move yet this morning and was afraid that he was comfortably positioned in such a way that would prevent us from seeing his little face. Sure enough, we arrived and got all set up only to look up at the screen and see his spinal cord. He had his back to us and would not move! He has a beautiful spine - all entact and enclosed. We saw the back of his head which looked just like the back of any child's head - nothing to get excited about. We saw his heart and all the chambers properly pumping blood. We kept trying to get him to turn around so we could see his face. In time, we discovered he had two legs and two arms for which we were thankful. We saw his little toes and little fingers - he has them all. I was impressed with the detail that we could see on the screen. The umbilical cord looked great, as did the placenta. But . . . I just wanted to see his face. He was very active and moving all around the entire time. It was kind of hard to keep up with him actually. FINALLY he moved toward us and we saw an eyebrow, an ear, a nose, and just when I thought I would see the full frontal view of the face, he put both arms up around his face as if he were grabbing his ears and hid himself! What a stinker!!! We kept looking and waiting. He wouldn't move his arms. He insisted on playing hide and seek. We moved away and started checking out his muscular legs when we noticed his arms were down. By the time we got his face again he had moved his leg up so that his foot was literally right in front of his face. So again, not a good view. Just as we were getting ready to finish the session, Dr. Cutrer said, "Let's try to see that face one more time." We went back and this time he wasn't holding his ears and his foot wasn't in front of his face. Instead, we saw a side profile where he had his mouth open and his right hand directly under his nose almost covering his mouth. I swear it looked like he was laughing. Dr. Cutrer joked that our baby was mocking us. He snapped a picture of it because it was just so cute. I wish I had a scanner so I could post the picture here.
The entire ultrasound was video taped. It's pretty amazing when you think about it. Tonight, if we feel like it, we can actually pop a tape into our VCR and watch our baby move around in the womb. God's creation is such a miracle.
We told Dr. Cutrer ahead of time that we didn't want to know what the gender was. When he was finished, I said, "So did you notice the gender?" He said, "Oh yeah, I saw it. And if you show this video to anyone with a trained eye, they'll be able to tell too." I have a regular ultrasound scheduled with my regular doctor next week. Maybe by then we will have changed our minds and find out what we're having! But don't count on it.