New Ultrasound Pictures

Not too long ago we heard that the local community college has a class that teaches students to do ultrasounds, and they were looking for pregnant women to volunteer to come in so the students could practice on them.

I turned down an extra ultrasound earlier in the pregnancy, but decided to take advantage of this one for two reasons: it was free, and Mr M could attend. He missed the other ultrasounds, so it was nice for him  to still see one.

Since I'm so close to my due date the little guy was a little cramped, but we were able to see some pretty cool stuff. Like we could actually see the vernix floating in the amniotic fluid and the fuzz that is his hair.

At the end the instructor did a few 3-d ultrasounds, and we got a couple good pics.

standard ultrasound, profile of head with hand up to face. 

he may have been sucking his thumb, we weren't sure.

3-d ultrasound, head with hands curled up by his face. 

look at those chubby cheeks and tiny fingers!

One of them is just a bit creep/disturbing, though. She caught one picture that shows his eye open, and it looks like he's looking straight at us. Just a bit unsettling. The instructor actually kept a copy of this one because she'd never caught an ultrasound with an eye open before.

3-d ultrasound, hands at face again, one eye open and looking at us.

What do you think? Creepy or not?