3D ultrasound

I wasn't too sure if I was going to post these pictures. Can't give you an exact excuse, except I was just a little nervous doing so. Not sure why I’m nervous, maybe it’s because I feel like he is so protected inside my belly and now it’s like I’ve let everyone in to see. Am I crazy? Please tell me that this solicitousness is just an uncontrollable motherly instinct!

I had this 3d ultrasound about 5 weeks ago. The little peanut was just 26weeks old and he probably weighed around 2lbs at the time. When we first started the ultrasound he was sound asleep. It took 5 minutes of shaking/poking/and me turning side to side to get him to wake-up and turn around so we could see his face. He never opened his eyes for us, but he sure was active. We could see him playing with the umbilical cord, sucking his thumb (or at least trying), drinking the amniotic fluid, rubbing his face…and oh ya, grabbing his 'package' (yes, it is definitely a boy).


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"Hello...I'm trying to sleep in here!"

Sounds weird, but this is one of my favorite pictures.
I love seeing his scrunched up little body.
And I laugh, because that is such a Glenn knee.

Trying to find his thumb.
Does this mean I have a thumb sucker already?

Might be little, but this foot loves to kick!

"Thanks! I'm going back to sleep."

It was truly an amazing experience and it was really nice having a non-invasive, non-medical ultrasound. I loved the fact that we could just take the time to look around, see what he looks like and what he is doing in there. It was also great because I was able to leave the ultrasound with a disk full of digital pictures and a 30 minute dvd that I was able to copy and mail to Glenn.