More on the 2nd Ultrasound

We wanted to give a few more details on our second ultrasound, so here goes... We loved the place we went to (Waves), it was so worth the money!!! There were two people helping us, one was the ultrasound tech and the other was in sort of a screening room working on the video for the whole "event". Since we were just getting the minimum 2D Gender Determination package, we expected to be in a little room, they'd do the ultrasound really quickly and say "girl" or "boy". But, wow, we were wrong. They had us all set up in the theater room (here is a pic Jeff took) We were watching everything on a big screen like we were at a movie. They said Jeff could sit comfortably on the sofas or sit back by Robin (he chose to sit by Robin) They have parties there where you can bring a group of people to watch the ultrasound. The tech explained the she was going to start with the 2D ultrasound and then do some 3D and 4D ones. We told her we were only getting the 2D package and she said, "That's okay, I like to take some 3D and 4D ones anyway" So, the lights went down, and the candles were lit and we started. She explained everything so well and took some measurements of a few things, like the amniotic fluid. She talked about everything she looked at: cord, heart, stomach, bladder, etc, and explained what she was seeing and why that was good. Then she focused in a little more on the face because she explained the baby takes offense if she goes straight to trying to determine boy or girl - ha! After the face, she located the girl parts and said she was certain it was a girl! We both noticed the music in the room changed to "daughter" type songs. Next, the tech tried to get some 3D and 4D pictures, but the baby had a bunch of cord in front of her face and then her hands and feet were in front of her face (at one point we have a picture of her little hand holding her foot). Even though the tech was having a tough time getting a 3D shot it didn't stop her from trying. She had Robin on her side, flatter on her back, on her other side and she was really talking to the baby and really trying to move Robin's belly to get the baby to look up and move her hands and feet. She probably tried for a good 15-20 minutes even though it wasn't even part of our package. No luck, though, so we didn't get any good 3D/4D shots.