When we arrived for our 4d scan I was a little bit nervous as I didn’t know what to expect. My heart was beating fast and we were called for our appointment. One of the reasons for having the scan was to confirm the sex of our baby. We already have 2 great boys and I was now pregnant with our 3rd and last child. We were told at our local NHS hospital we were having a girl but there was still this doubt. Could they have got it wrong? What happens today if they tell me its a boy? All of these things were going through my head, I felt sick…. We also wanted to make the most of the latest technology to have a 4d scan.
As I lay on the couch looking at the screen, I could see our baby moving about and sucking it’s thumb. The sonographer asked if we wanted to know the sex of the baby and we said yes. We told her we thought it was a girl and she said lets confirm. But the baby had it’s legs crossed and typical I thought. Then all of a sudden she said it’s a girl!!! It’s 98% certain. By this time I cried. “What’s the problem?” said the sonographer. There isn’t, I said. I was just so pleased to confirm again, it’s a girl. My husband was getting all chocked up too. I never thought I would have a girl, after having 2 lovely boys. Only a close friend of mine and my husbands parents knew we were having a girl. While I was pregnant we never referred to the baby as “her”. We wanted it to be a surprise.
We went away very pleased and I cried again on our way home. To see the baby in so much detail before she was born was great. To see her moving, sucking her thumb and sleeping was such an experience. We will never have that chance again.
Our lovely daughter (Isabelle) was born on the 24th November at 22.30 with a planned excellent home birth. She arrived 2 weeks early, but that was nothing to be expected as the boys were early too. It took a good few minutes after she was born to stay “Is it a girl”? I tried to feel with my hand, but wasn’t sure. The midwife lifted the towel. “It’s a girl,” she said and we all cried again…. We now have 2 great boys and our baby girl.
A few days after Isabelle was born, I got out the scan pictures and it looks very much like Isabelle in the flesh.
- 4D baby scan experience by Samantha Cox