WHAT TO EXPECT IN YOUR APPOINTMENT

Congratulations for your new arrival!! Can’t wait to see that flicker of baby’s heartbeat? From looking like a grain of rice at 6 weeks, to an almost fully formed baby at 12 weeks your little one is growing and changing rapidly at this time.  Every week is so different from the last! 

 Hello second trimester!  Baby now looks like a little person, with fully formed limbs and a recognizable profile.  Usually this is still too early for mom to feel babies movements, but they are very active in there!  Stretching, kicking and even sucking their thumb already, at this age they usually give quite the show. 

 Have you been not so patiently waiting to find if its a boy or a girl? At this point the anatomy is well formed and gender can be clearly seen. Planning a gender reveal?  We will discretely gender baby and seal the result in one of our little black envelopes for you to take home. 

This is a great time to come if you’re wanting to see more of baby’s movements as they still have lots of space.  Facial features are forming, but baby is still working on putting on some weight to get those chubby cheeks that we love to see.  

 The most ideal time to get a 3D ultrasound. Those cheeks are filling out and distinct facial features are more developed. Will baby look like mom or dad? 28 weeks is our favorite time to scan! 

This is a tricky time! It is more difficult to get good face images after 32 weeks due to the lack of space.  However, it is possible to get good images depending on several factors, including position of baby and amount of amniotic fluid.  It is just more unpredictable at this stage and thus 3D images will no longer be guaranteed.