Ultrasound

Baby's face at 29 weeks 3 days.

I called the ultrasound place at 3:30 but the line was busy for about ten minutes or so. When I got through, the receptionist told me I was "number eleven" and that my appointment would be between 6:30-6:45 but the doctor was behind so it might be a half hour wait. Coordinating with Craig was big hassle as he was in a meeting and his car is in the shop and I knew it was not going to be a good idea to bring Anna to a late appointment (bedtime is 7:30).

At any rate, I got there and ended up waiting a little over 30 minutes and then saw the doctor. She measured Baby and said that everything looked just right and she tried to get a 3D/4D scan of Baby's face but (how I understood it) there was not enough placenta between the ultrasound machine and Baby's face. So, I have to make due with the one shown above.

This machine was better than the one at the hospital but it is not what I was wanting in the 3D/4D appointment. I wanted video, several 3D/4D photos, etc. Of course I wanted to hear that everything looks good, but I wanted to see more of Baby! The doctor did confirm that Baby is a girl so I feel less paranoid about a surprise in the delivery room (not that I was really nervous about it, but it seems you always hear stories of that kind of surprise!).

After the scan was done, I was asked to wait ten minutes while the receptionist typed up the report for my doctor. Ten minutes later, I was called up to the desk to pay 300 Riyals so I handed her my credit card. They only took cash and I couldn't get out to an ATM (assuming I could find one easily) and back before they closed so I left the report with them and and will return in the morning to exchange the report for the cash. I guess that's part of my Americanism coming out: it didn't even occur to me that I might need to pay for the appointment in cash! At least they were nice about it (not like there was anything they could do at that point anyway, I just didn't have the cash!).