My 4D scan

A couple of weeks ago my father finally persuaded Mr W and I to go and have a 4D scan of little muffin. It's not something I think that we would personally have to decided to do because I do find the whole thing a little bit strange. However as this is my parent's first grandchild we came to agreement where we said we would do it if they came along and shared the experience with us.

I have to say though it was absolutely amazing. Any chance you get to see your little one again is worth taking even if it's just for piece of mind.

So what can you expect if you go along and have one of these awesome new scans? Well they started off just checking everything was ok using the traditional black and white imagery you're used to seeing in the hospital. We also had double confirmation that he was a boy which was pretty hilarious because he seemed more interested in showing us that part of his anatomy then his face - as you can imagine Mr W was pretty proud...

They then have to check the position of your baby and ensure there is enough fluid between the area you want to see in 4D and the probe. This is where we came a cropper though because muffin likes to keep his face as tightly up against the placenta as possible - it's actually caused quite a few problems with previous scans. So I had to do some chocolate eating (of course), jumping around and several different positions to just get the tiniest amount of fluid in there - that he wouldn't drink - but in the end we got the following shots:

They're not as great as others you may have seen but it does all depend on your little one's performance on the day and it is still something I would seriously recommend anyone does.

You can get a 4D (btw the fourth dimension is movement so we also got a video of him moving around) scan in most major towns and cities across the country and they typical cost around £150. Make sure though when you book that if he isn't performing on the day you get a second appointment and your money won't be wasted.

Lots of love,

Mrs W xxx