Yesterday we had a third BabyBond scan to see how much Flump has changed and grown since our last one. We kind of felt that with our previous scans that we had been robbed each time as something bad had always cropped up beforehand so on one hand I was nervous that *something* would happen in the morning or on Sunday night, which I’m pleased to say, it did not, but on the other hand I could hardly contain my excitement!
The scan was at 1.45pm and as we had to travel to a place called Uppingham, we left early in case of traffic (the roads turned out to be clear and Sat Nav got us to the location really easily), which in turn meant that we arrived much earlier than expected. Luckily though, we seemed to have been in between appointments, so as soon as we had paid, they took us straight upstairs to the lovely little room, which was very cosy with dim lighting and soft music playing in the background. I positioned myself onto the bed, rolled my jeans down and she squirted the lovely warmed jelly onto me. Matt sat in a rather comfy looking black chair to the side of me.
As the scanner was placed on my belly, the image of Flump’s head came straight up on to the screen. I was instantly amazed at how much bigger he looked. Everything is now very well defined on the scans. His ribs, spine and features are clear and she was even able to tell us that he has a little turned up nose.
She had to be careful as she was aware that we don’t want to know the gender, which makes her job harder, but she did well and we didn’t see anything. She did show us the feet and legs though and at one point asked “Ok, so who has a gap between their toes?” I just cringed because Matt has a gap between his big toe and the one next too it and I have to admit, I hate his feet. Always have, always will! LOL. Sorry Matt… nothing you’re not aware of though 
Anyway, after a few giggles and me giving Matt a few “how could you pass that on to our gorgeous little baby” looks, she moved on and she showed us his stomach, bladder (which was full of fluid which he will be weeing out into me – nice!) and even the diaphragm. As usual his little heart was pounding away which was lovely to see. He spent most of the scan wriggling around, which is how I like it as I wouldn’t want to see him just laying there asleep really as when they are active you certainly get to see more. He had his hands up to his face and at one point even yawned and rubbed his eyes. Very cute indeed!!
All in all, we loved it. It lasted 10 minutes, which is great, but you are always left wanting more. If I could have lay there on that bed with the wand attached to my belly til my due date, I probably would! It’s just such an amazing experience and you could never get bored of seeing the little miracle that you and your partner have created.
Here are the pictures we got from the scan;
Side profile – hand up
Front profile of face
The ‘gappy’ toed foot
Cute profile again
Glimpse of 4D
Same 4D picture but with the bacground around Flump darkened
And finally, the un-edited version of the DVD can be seen here:
