Just wondering if anyone can tell me; is
it better for the baby to be moving around
during the ultrasound or not? I am going
for my 32 1/2 week ultrasound later this
week. My first one at 20 weeks wasn't a
very good experience because they found
something that wasn't supposed to be there
and the baby was hard to see. So, now,
the doc is sending me for another one even
though I don't need it. I think she felt
sorry for me a little bit!! I just don't
know if I should try drinking some cold
water or milk first to try to make the
baby move around or if the baby sitting
still is better. I think maybe they move
around anyway from the high pitched sound
the ultrasound makes. Right now, the baby
is lying facing my back with the head in
my pelvis and bum by my rib cage. I'm
just so excited to be able to see baby
again and I hope the pics turn out okay.
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chase4
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Posted: 05-28-07 08:02am
well when i was pregnant with my first one
at like 28 weeks they saw something and
they made me go walk around and drink alot
of water to see if they could see it
better.
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Mommy35
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Posted: 05-28-07 08:11am
My sonographer wanted the baby active so
she could get good views of the chambers
of the heart, kidneys, and to see if the
baby was practicing to breathe yet.
Plus it's really neat to see them moving
around.
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kaerbear
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Posted: 05-28-07 10:39am
Ok thanks. that's good to know. because
if I drink a glass of cold water I'm
pretty much guaranteed that baby will be
dancing around in there in 15 seconds.
I'm sure it'll be neat to see either way.
At this point, unlike at 20 weeks, the
baby has pretty much nowhere to hide
anyway.
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Kia
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Posted: 05-28-07 11:16am
If a glass of cold water wakes baby up, I
would suggest taking a bottle of cold
water with you.
then the baby may be still enough for the
tech to get some good measurements etc
while baby isn't so active.
Then you could have your cold drink and
wake baby up.
Maybe call ahead and ask if that would be
OK.
I've seen some people post before that
they couldn't get measurements or see xyz
because baby was hyper active that day.
So maybe you can get the best of both
worlds?
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kaerbear
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Posted: 05-28-07 11:20am
Kia
wrote:
If a glass of cold water
wakes baby up, I would suggest taking a
bottle of cold water with you.
then the baby may be still enough for the
tech to get some good measurements etc
while baby isn't so active.
Then you could have your cold drink and
wake baby up.
Maybe call ahead and ask if that would be
OK.
I've seen some people post before that
they couldn't get measurements or see xyz
because baby was hyper active that day.
So maybe you can get the best of both
worlds?
That is an excellent idea!
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onmyway_0x
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Posted: 05-29-07 08:49am
Kia
wrote:
If a glass of cold water
wakes baby up, I would suggest taking a
bottle of cold water with you.
then the baby may be still enough for the
tech to get some good measurements etc
while baby isn't so active.
Then you could have your cold drink and
wake baby up.
Maybe call ahead and ask if that would be
OK.
I've seen some people post before that
they couldn't get measurements or see xyz
because baby was hyper active that day.
So maybe you can get the best of both
worlds?
That's how my first ultrasound was ...
haha I think it was bridget who posted to
drink o.j and she'll bounce around for
'em... haha so I drank A LOT of o.j and
the baby wouldn't sit still... she had to
keep restarting and everything!
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