20 Week Sonogram

Last Wednesday (June 18, 2008), Erin and I went to the BabyDoctor to get the four-and-a-half month sonogram. The original appointment was scheduled for the prior Monday, but a late-afternoon thunderstorm knocked out power at the clinic about 5 minutes before we were to go back and get Erin’s belly all gelled up.

Now, that’s not the best image of the little guy (oh, did I mention he’ll be a boy?)… but a few things to note:

1. His skin is still transparent, and things aren’t done moving yet. He’s not that good lookin’… yet. Compare to a photo of a different fetus at 4.5 months.

2. The dark stripe appearing under his right eye is the “shadow” of the umbilical cord. It’s more dense than the surrounding amniotic fluid, so it images darker. It’s out of focus because it’s situationally closer to the “camera” than his face.

Here’s a larger version of the image. And, here’s an annotated version of same… as best I can tell.

There were some other discoveries during the session, but those will have to wait for a later post.