Window to the Womb, Swansea Well-being and 4D Scan - review

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When I found out I was expecting our third baby I was delighted about experiencing pregnancy again. I love being pregnant and especially love having a bump, feeling the baby move inside of me and seeing it wiggle around on the screen when having scans.

Pregnancy - ways to celebrate and document a pregnancy

Being pregnant for the third and most likely last time I want to enjoy the time as much as I can. As I had already passed the first trimester of pregnancy before publicly announcing the pregnancy on social media and the weeks seem to be flying by, I want to cherish every moment of this pregnancy. 

So I want to look at a few of the different ways to celebrate and document a pregnancy - 

Pregnancy - the benefits of a private ultrasound baby scan

When I found out I was pregnant again and that we were expecting a new addition to the family I felt a rush of excitement. But alongside the joy and wondrous feeling of being pregnant from the moment I saw those two lines appear on a pregnancy test I have felt unconditional love and responsibility to care for my unborn baby. 

With this pregnancy I feel additional responsibility to be healthy and do my utmost to care for the little one growing inside of me. This time around I have to consider the effect that my type 2 diabetes has on my unborn baby. As my health and diabetes can have a negative effect on the health of my baby I feel worry and concern.

Ultrasounds: A Quick Guide

Ultrasound, ultrasonography or simply sonography is a valuable tool in the medical industry. Most of you would link it with pregnancy, determining the health of the baby and her mother. This is the most common application, but ultrasounds have several other uses as well.

4D Scans

As I was catching up on facebook earlier I saw a link on Mothercare UK’s page for an article on the daily mail’s website. Intrigued by the headline "Facial expressions such as smiling or crying develop before birth, new study shows". I decided to give it a read. The article explains how scientists examined 4D scan footage which helped them discover that facial expressions are developed whilst babies are in the womb during the later stages of pregnancy. Researchers said how "This research has for the first time demonstrated that in healthy fetuses there is a developmental progression from simple to complex facial movements, preparing the fetus for life post birth."

It is amazing to me how science and technology is improving and progressing over the years and how it said in the article that “The discovery could help potentially identify health problems, since there is a link between fetal behavioural patterns and the development of the fetal brain. Looking at differences between normal and abnormal fetal facial developments may indicate problems with brain development." 

Shiny red parcel.

Some times I am surprised with the generosity and niceness of people and companies. Yesterday I got a shiny red parcel in the post of way of an apology from Practical Parenting and Pregnancy Magazine. 

A few weeks ago at the start of August as I was sat breastfeeding Tristan I was on Facebook and saw a post by Practical Parenting Magazine looking for scan pictures for a feature they were doing in the magazine. I decided to email them with one of the 4D scan pictures we had of Tristan when I was 28 weeks pregnant. I promptly got an email back asking to clarify some details and that his picture would be in the October issue on sale on the 7th of September. I marked the calendar on that date to remind me to buy it on the day it came out as I usually just get the magazine when I see it.