Sep 23 2011

Ultrasound is used for different reasons at different stages in pregnancy. Ultrasound pictures are formed using sound waves. A machine sends sound waves through the body thereby reflecting back and converting it into an image that is visible on a screen.

Ultrasound scanning is used to check whether the foetus is alive and whether it is alone or one of twins or triplets. It is by measuring the length of the foetus, doctors can accurately determine when the baby will be due. Not only this, some of the major abnormalities can also be detected during the period of pregnancy.

It is the best way to see your baby grow in the womb. First time parents get quite excited seeing their baby on an ultrasound. With the advancement of technology, newer ultrasounds are available to show the parents the picture of their baby in the womb quite clearly infact these days, one can see the scans of their baby in three dimension which is similar in clarity to a photograph.

It can be useful in detecting birth defects when performed in a medical center. Also, the three-dimensional view of baby makes the parents go all the more excited.

It is not always the case that the parents see the simple scans of their baby/babies (incase of twins and triplets); there are lot many cases in which parents go amazed. Wish to know what makes some parents and doctors surprised? Well, I guess the images of the ultrasound scans below will give you the clear idea. Take a look! Don’t forget to share your views with us and do let us know which of the foetus scan left you very much amazed.

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1. Picking a Winner

Sumer Kohler’s baby is has a dirty little habit that is nose picking! Somehow it’s cute when a fetus does it but it is suggested to mend the baby’s ways if it does the same even after the birth.

2. Turtle Power

This is a mammogram ultrasound of a woman who certainly is going to give birth to a Super Mario character, gaming freak!

3. Raspberries

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4. Flipping the Bird

The little boy seems to be showing the teenager attitude in the womb itself! It appears like he’s saying, ‘I’m sleeping, leave me alone!’

5. Baby Gives Thumbs Up In Ultrasound Scan

Donna, 29 and partner Simon Biscoe went for a routine 20-week scan and the result amazed them. They were told the baby’s head was unusually elongated and too small. After two weeks when they went to check its development, the new images showed all was well but they got a surprise message. Their baby was giving thumbs up in the ultrasound scan.

6. Smiling Fetus

This 3-D ultrasound shows a 17 week old fetus displaying a very human characteristic that is a smile. The ultrasound scan implies that a baby can experience feelings such as happiness and pain much earlier in its development than previously thought.

7. The ‘V’ Sign: Peace, Baby

Here is apparently an ultrasound image of an unborn baby making the V sign, which crazy people actually call the ‘peace sign.’

8. Face of Jesus

After seven months of a difficult pregnancy, Laura Turner looked anxiously at the latest ultrasound picture of her unborn son. She believes the ultrasound of her baby is an image of Jesus watching over him.

9. Unborn baby looks like Michael Jackson

A family in the U.K. claims to be birthing Michael Jackson’s head. Based on the ultrasound results, it looks like Michael Jackson. Dawn Kelley and William Hickman from Sunderland couldn’t believe their eyes when looking at the scan of their unborn baby.

10. This Womb Rocks!

This actual sonogram photo comes from Jeff and Susan Snow, both musicians. So, when their baby threw up Devil Horns during their ultrasound, they weren’t much surprised.