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Mrsmac10210
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Ultrasound nerves
Mrsmac10210
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I know it's totally normal to be nervous before an ultrasound. This time, I'm not nervous to get news of no heartbeat because I can feel my little guy rolling around and kicking as usual. But this is a 3D 4D and I'm scared to see something crazy like half his face undeveloped or missing fingers or toes. If something was physically wrong, it would've been noticed at my anatomy scan, right? This place is a studio so my understanding is they can't even tell me if something seems abnormal. Part of me doesn't feel ready for this!! I'm usually not so dramatic about things lol.
Feeling like a big bloated hormonal whale of a tale. It's awesome.
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Re: Ultrasound nerves
If you are that nervous, don't do it. Why let an elective ultrasound cause so much anxiety for you!?!?!
If you choose to do it, just relax and enjoy it. The anatomy scan should have picked up most physical defects, if any were present.
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They would have noticed a major abnormality during your anatomy scan. Keep in mind that during a 3d/4d scan it is ideal to go between 27-31 weeks. If you're measuring big the quality might not be as good, as in it really might look as though your baby is missing part of his nose, or has no forehead, etc. It's only because baby is squished. Different angles of course should help but I didn't want you to freak out if you thought your baby looked funny. We did our 3d scan on Saturday and our little one is already measuring about a week to two weeks ahead so it was about like scanning a 33 weeker, lots of funny looking shots for sure, but still totally worth it!
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3d 4d is really just for enjoyment purposes. If it's making you nervous, don't do it. I had one....and Baby A looked like the elephant man it it. She always presses her face into the membrane (like when you were a kid and you'd stretch seran wrap over your face) so they warned me she would look goofy if they showed me the 3D version. Sure enough....she looked so ridiculous I had them print a picture of it. It's not even recognizable as a human, but it is a good laugh.
They would have found anything "wrong" in an anatomy scan already, so just enjoy the show.