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wiltshire · 12/09/2003 16:18

I saw an artical on the news today about a 3D scan where you can see babys face & stuff. Anyone had one, how much and was it worth it.

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Spod · 12/09/2003 17:06

I havent had a 3D scan .... but found a site with pics on ages ago - loads of normal scan pics too ... and an amusing 'belly gallery' ... have a look pregnancy.about.com/library/ultrasounds/blusindex.htm

pie · 12/09/2003 17:45

I had a 3D scan, didn't have to pay as it was done for medical reasons at Queen Charlottes. To be honest I don't think that it was any 'better' to look at for me, though it was more useful for the doctor looking at baby's spne.

The baby's face did look rounder and fuller than the normal scan, but still looked like a cross between and alien and a canadian from South Park though.

splash · 12/09/2003 18:49

i think it was a 4dscan as 3d have been out for a while.dont know anything about them though

SofiaAmes · 12/09/2003 22:29

sorry to be technical, but there is no such thing as a 4d scan. Pie your baby probably looked like an alien, because that's what they look like at that age.

CountessDracula · 12/09/2003 22:36

It was just on the news and they said 4d scan. What is that? What is the fourth dimension, pray?

wobblymum · 13/09/2003 01:30

To be technical, the 4th dimension is actually time, so unless you have your 3D scan while time is stopped, you can call it 4D anyway! They might mean something different by 4D when relating it to scans, I don't know, but mathematically it stands for a 3D object existing 'in time'.

pie · 13/09/2003 08:41

Sofai, I'd like to think you're right about all babies looking like aliens at the age, but, well, you haven't seen DH

doormat · 13/09/2003 10:04

I seen it on the news also countess and I was amazed at the technology. I even asked dh if we could have another baby so I could get this scan but he said emphatically "NO".

BTW I always thought 4Dimensional was time too????

sibble · 13/09/2003 10:10

According to today's paper they call it 4D because the 3D images move around! Not sure I would pay the £300 but is amazing technology.

doormat · 13/09/2003 10:20

It makes you think about what the technology will be like in 50 yrs time.

SueW · 13/09/2003 10:28

They'll prob be growing babies in plastic bags.

A friend and I used to joke that we wouldn't have children until you could buy them off0the-shelf at M&S and take them back if they weren't suitable. Looking back, that sounds like an awful thing to say but we were young and babies were very definitely the last thing on our minds.

doormat · 13/09/2003 10:29

Or incubators
very star trek stuff this scan.

huppa · 13/09/2003 13:26

Just copy and pasted this from the bbc:
The 4D scanner, which produces detailed 3D images that move in real time, has shown that babies start making finger movements at 15 weeks, yawning at 18 weeks and smiling, blinking and crying at 26 weeks.

wobblymum · 13/09/2003 14:41

I've never had a 3D scan and I assumed they moved in real time anyway. Well that would explain the difference then. If I had the money to throw away I wouldn't mind one but I sort of liked the way the scan wasn't very clear, so that you could see your baby and see they were fine but you didn't get a good look at them until they were born.

SofiaAmes · 13/09/2003 23:55

wow, is that what we call a video in the real world?

bunnyrabbit · 14/09/2003 08:43

Hi all,
I looked into this for baby bunny. It's been around for a few years at least and I thnk it costs about £300. We decided that it was a bit freaky to be honest, and looking back, we're glad we didn't bother.

I believe that you get something like a 30 min video of baby in tht womb, and yes the fourth diomension is indeed time....

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wiltshire · 14/09/2003 16:26

Righty ho, looked into that via Create clinic - 275.00. Don't think so. Get coupla videos from Blockbusters to see me through the next week + 4 days - much much cheaper.

However, for those who are interested - there is a company called Babybond who do a 30 minutes video of baby in womb via normal ultrasound. It's best done between 20 - 30 weeks (baby has more room to somersault etc). Costs 140.00. I didn't have it done as kept putting it off as I had to travel so far (don't drive) and all of a sudden I was 35 weeks and wouldn't have seen much.

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