Well, I already did know there was a baby, because it kicks me most delightfully. And seeing blurry pictures on a tv screen didn’t actually make it seem any more real. It was a pretty interesting experience nevertheless.
I had been anticipating this scan for a long time. Like many pregnant ladies, I have been pretty worried that there might be something dreadfully wrong with b2, like not having a skull, or hir insides being on the outside. I was counting on the scan to allay some of these fears for me. Unfortunately, the ultrasound technician was not very talkative - she was nice enough, but she didn’t talk us through what she was doing, and so as she spent ages focussing in on different blurry bits and not saying anything, I was lying there staring at the screen thinking ‘oh god it must be bad because she’s not saying anything and she’s waiting for the more senior fellow to come and break the bad news’. When the senior fellow did come in, he must have picked up on my anxiety (maybe because I said ‘you’ll tell me if there’s anything funny, won’t you?’), and as he checked out b2’s brain and heart and other important bits he kindly talked us through exactly what he was doing, pointing out everything that looked as it should - which was was everything. Of course b2 is absolutely fine!
Ze was playing hard to get though! Firstly, my placenta is on the front, which made everything a bit harder to see - and also explains why bean hasn’t been able to feel as much of b2’s kicking as I was able to feel of b1 at the same stage. Secondly, b2 decided, much like me, that ze is camera shy, and so kept hir head determinedly turned away from the ‘camera’. Little bugger! The nice fellow did manage to get a couple of profile shots though. I think b2 looks a lot like a monkey. But i am ok with that, because not that long ago ze looked like a fish, so I suppose ze looked like a dinosaur at some point too! And by the time ze comes out, I am sure b2 will at least look vaguely human (I’m just sad I won’t get to see the neanderthal stage).
