Yesterday I had my weekly ultrasound to make sure nothing has shifted or is being compressed. At the end of the Doppler portion the tech started focusing on her face. One push of a button and several baby slices were taken. Then they were formed into my first 3D look at the baby.
Oh. My. God.
First, I had sworn up and down that I was not going to seek out the 3D ultrasound. I wanted to leave how my baby looks for when she is out, screaming and covered in goo, to be a surprise.
Second, I find 3D images of babies in uterine look like creepy doll masks.
Third, no one needs to see the other contents of my uterus.
Fast forward to yesterday and I can trash my hope of not seeing her until her birthday. I received 4 images, which I totally wasn't expecting.
The first looks like a legit baby. As seen through a very narrow window. Bulbous nose, big squishy cheeks and eyes that are (thankfully) closed.
The second is the same angel as the first, as shown through a wider window. Cheeks are much squishier with a shot of some weirdo structure that is very much not baby related.
The third is where it gets weird. It's a side profile of the right side of her face. Her nose is very visible (which makes me wonder if it will be adorable and button like or a beak that may bring on taunts and whispers about looking at the kid on that nose). But it the scanner also caught bone. As in skull and facial bones. Skeletor comes to mind. I don't remember seeing that on the screen as the images were being captured. But the images were in sepia on screen and printed in black and white. I would like to think that would make a difference but am not optimistic.
The fourth is downright scary. Think Sloth from Goonies. With a cute baby size nose and mouth. That's right. Sloth. Eyes all over the place, enormous forehead. Sloth. I would hope that she would save the day like Sloth did, if she was helping some kids find a lost pirate ship.
I can't be one of those parents who brags about how adorable their baby is on a 3D ultrasound. You know the ones, they show you a picture of a gargoyle and then expect you to ooh and aww over how adorable they baby is. These images are examples of her not at her best. I am not about to inflict them on anyone outside of those who have already seen them. These images will be neatly tucked away (with her name on them) with my divorce papers and will only come to light when I have passed on. Like a confusing and scary care package.
I sent one of the better pictures of her to one of my closest friends. His response was to say it looks like a paint blob. Another asked if it was a butt shot.
Needless to say, I'll be happy if the shades of her features come out cute and look nothing like on the ultrasound. Until she is out and cleaned off, I'll make note of what kind of distortion 3D ultrasound has to offer and will hope for the best. On the bright side, my expectations of what she could potentially look like are pretty low.
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