I finally had my ultrasound which I was looking forward to finding out the sex of the baby!
I invited mum to come along with me, so she got to enjoy the experience aswell. Both of us felt the same way about the sonographer (that’s what they’re called aren’t they?) who was pretty emotionless. I was trying to ask questions about things as she did the scan and she just replied with short answers and no enthusiasm and didn’t want to give me any info. At one point I asked her where the placenta was and she would just say “I haven’t looked at that yet” then when I asked later she said “I’m just looking at it now” and then I asked is that the placenta and she’d reply “I’m just looking around the outside of it” with absolutely no emotion. In the end I gave up asking and she never told me where it was….grrr.
We found out the sex of the baby which was quite exciting! Although the sonographer was a wet towel about that too. I asked her how sure she was and she just said “We can never guarantee 100%”, and I told her I realised that but I just wanted to know how confident she was to which she again replied “we can never guarantee 100%”.
Geesh, she was like I robot. I think people in that sort of job should have more personality than that!
Then there was a point where she walked out and said she was showing something to the doctor. She gave me very little explanation and then the doc came back and they were both looking at the scan. I didn’t know if this was normal procedure or not and I wasn’t sure if something was wrong. They didn’t explain anything to me and eventually at the end the doctor smiled and said “great, everything is fine”. Although the doctor didn’t address me much, she at least had more personality than the other lady!
Despite all this, I was still excited by the scan. I just couldn’t believe the attitude. It might be a common task for her but this is an exciting time for us!!!
I did get another DVD though which is only a part of the scan. The entire scan was about 40 mins, but the attached mpg is only about 15 mins or so.
And no………the critical bit where they look “between the legs” isn’t on there 😉
That info is a secret except to close family.
18 week scan (71.6 meg – itunes format)