18 Week Ultrasound

Finally! The 18 week Level-2 Anatomy Scan. There is a detailed breakdown for my own records :)



Part 1
0m5s: face profile.....head, nose, lips, chin
0m16s: heartbeat
0m43s: alien baby...looking at Ryan's face
0m48s: eyes, nose, mouth...even if it is an alien
1m11s: measuring the cervix, it's closed...no babies today! Ryan is in the breech position
1m22s: anterior placenta....the reason i can't feel little baby kicks yet
1m38s: umbilical cord....it will be anywhere from 3-6 feet long!
1m51s: pretty sure you got knocked up by an alien
2m07s: spinal cord
3m00s: tailbone
3m24s: arm#1
3m32s: arm#2
4m01s: leg#1
4m12s: leg#2
4m40s: trying to get a potty shot but Ryan has his leg's crossed (again) and is being stubborn (again)
5m33s: umbilical cord has 3 artery/vein things....that's good (2 umbilical arteries and 1 vein that transport nourishment to the fetus and remove its wastes)
6m08s: money shot! Ryan is definitely a boy (btwn the legs view showing boy parts + umbilical cord)
6m31s: second money shot
6m50s: profile
7m02s: 5 fingers
7m16s: looking up the nose...2 nostrils and 2 lips...this rules out cleft palate
7m40s: 2 hemispheres of the brain
8m09s: Ryan's brain....it's huge, so he must be smart like his mom



Part 2
0m04s: so far measurements are big for his age....the baby may come a few days early!
1m23s: examining the heart
1m33s: 4 chambers...2 atria/2 ventricles...valves are seen
1m50s: trying to measure the heartbeat, Ryan wiggles around
2m20s: finally get a good reading! HR=140bpm (normal is 120-160)
2m44s: belly measurement i think...looks like a little balloon
3m43s: measuring the right thighbone
4m04s: yep, still a boy
4m15s: left thighbone
4m45s: stomach and bladder...they're opaque and fluid-filled so that means Ryan is processing fluids
5m12s: kidneys
5m39s: profile
6m17s: sitting Indian-style again...legs and feets
6m37s: toes
7m32: baby weighs 8 ounces (1/2 a pound for you non-math types)
7m44s: he is averaging slightly ahead of schedule, showing a due date of 9/12
8m20s: the end!