Pickle's 4D Bonding Scan | Ultrasound Direct, Peterborough
You may have already seen my post about the memories we made at the 4D scan we had in 2013 for Squidgy. As we have just been for our 4D bonding scan for Pickle, I thought it was only fair I now share a few memories from hers too!
When did we have it?
I was 32+3 weeks pregnant with Pickle when we went for her 4D scan.
Where did we have it?
As we now live in Peterborough, we had to go to a private scan clinic. Located in Kiddicare, Ultrasound Direct offer a number of different scan packages; including 4D scans!
My thoughts…
Our experience of the 4D scan was so different for Pickle, for a number of reasons.
We were a lot further along.
She was a lot happier to play along and face the camera.
I had prepared for the scan by drinking lots, and having plenty of sugar (even if it made me slightly sick!)
At first, the experience was pretty similar. Pickle was just big blobs of yellow on the screen. However, having said this, her features were immediately a lot easier to pick out - probably because she was that much bigger than Squidgy was at hers.
We got some of the most amazing photos, that were in some ways so similar to Squidgy and in others so unique to Pickle. Pickle has her daddy's chin (just like her sister). Looking at her face, you can also see that she has my nose (just like her sister). It was so different to Squidgy's though, in terms of the development.
It was amazing to see the extra fat reserves on her body, where Squidgy looks rather bony because we had the scan almost five weeks earlier in that pregnancy.
I have to say though, that my favourite moment was the one below... When Pickle smiled. Squidgy was sitting on her daddy's lap next to me and singing, 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' to her baby sister, who then in return smiled directly out of the screen. We were all amazed - even the sonographer - at the perfect timing of this amazing moment.
Who knows if we will have any more children in the future; but if we do, we will for sure be returning to have a 4D scan for them too.
They are so worth the money, and such an amazing bonding experience, especially if - like us - you decide to include older siblings in the experience too.
For more blog posts about pregnancy, check out the category here. Did you have a 4D scan, or would you consider it now? Let me know in the comments below.
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Munchkin may be baby number 3, but it's only fair we had a 4D scan for him too. Read about it here!