Where is the fourth dimension?

We booked a 4D scan for when I was almost 29 weeks. It had to be done at a private clinic and we deliberated over whether or not we should spend the money but figured it would be a fun thing to do for the first baby. I was a little confused and slightly disturbed by the 4D title though. Physics-defying timelord baby scan?? Weird!

It was cute though. Really weird, the imaging is kind of bizarre and it is a little like watching a slow squirming alien! Add to that a rather weird and twee sonographer who reminded me a little of one of those TV supernanny types, and the whole experience was a little surreal. But fun.

Our boy really isn't cooperative during scans and doesn't seem to like them much. I feel kind of bad that we keep putting him through it if that's true, especially this one which was for fun! Every time we have a scan he seems to want to be left alone to sleep. I guess it looks good for us that he's a good sleeper! He had his hands and arms over his face which he didn't seem to want to move. I had to drink a cup of very sweet hot chocolate and walk around to get him to move and even after that he still had his hands by his face and kept turning away, burying his face into the wall. After some more attempts we went to lunch and came back again. Who knew he would be so shy! We did get a few good moments though. He's quite the comedy baby. He seemed to be folded in half with his feet up by his head and we saw him touching his head with his foot. We also saw him smile, yawn, suck in fluid, rub his face with his fist and got an adorable picture of him sleeping on his arms. The clinic had infinite patience trying to get good images and we came away with a DVD of clips and a CD of several stills. I'd say it was a Saturday morning well spent!