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1 Five Unusual Ways to Show Off Your Ultrasound
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2 Test Your Prenatal Screening Knowledge
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3 An Ultrasound on the Go: There'll Be an App For That!
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4 Did You Opt For an Elective Ultrasound?
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5 Battle of the Sexes: When Only One Parent Wants to Know the Baby's Gender
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6 How Well Do You Know Prenatal Tests?
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7 Would You Pay Out of Pocket for a 4D Ultrasound?
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8 Babysugar Diaries: Sharing Ultrasound Pictures
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9 babysugar Diaries: Ultrasound Interruption
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10 babysugar Diaries: Nurses in Training
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11 Sonogram Cufflinks: Ga Ga or Gag?
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12 Ultrasound Tees: Ga Ga or Gag?
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13 Would You PreVue Your Baby?
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14 The Rise of the Fetus Party: Why Midwives Are Concerned
Think getting into your first parenting disagreement just 20 days into your pregnancy sounds impossible? Think again. Whether or not you and your significant other choose to find out your baby's gender before he/she is born is a very personal decision, and one that most parents-to-be have a strong opinion about. So when mom and dad don't agree on the issue, whose opinion matters more? Is this an Read more
We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Katherine Martin about elective ultrasounds. Remember when you were little and you used to say, “But Mom, everyone else is . . . ,” and she would respond, “If everyone else jumped off a Read more
What the fetus! For many expectant parents, routine ultrasounds are one of the things looked forward to most throughout the pregnancy process, offering an incredible glimpse at the eagerly anticipated bundle of joy within. The last couple of years have seen an increase in both the use and popularity of 4D ultrasounds, which provide an almost eerily realistic image of the baby-to-be. Though Read more
An ultrasound provides an exciting glimpse of your growing baby and while some parents-to-be stow the image away for safekeeping, others opt to do something a little more creative with their baby's first picture. If you're ready to go beyond the classic frame route, check out a few unusual and modern gifts and ideas for showing off your ultrasound. Read more
If you thought the portable ultrasound device was exciting, take note: An industrial designer has created the concept for a belly band-like attachment that would allow parents to see their child's growth and development throughout pregnancy. Think around-the-clock window into your body. Aptly named PreVue, the device apparently "skin images the baby and then places this image onto a stretchable Read more
Smartphones can do just about anything these days, including conducting a sonogram on an expectant mama! A Redmond, Washington-based company just received FDA approval to sell the world's first phone-based ultrasound system. The MobiUS, which will be sold commercially to medical professionals, uses a Toshiba Windows Mobile-powered smartphone, the company's software, and an attached probe to Read more
Doctor visits during pregnancy are filled with sounds of lil ones' heartbeats, information about the baby and sonograms shots of the active fetus. Checkups also involve a lot of blood work as docs screen for a variety of issues in both the pregnant mother and baby. lilsugar readers passed our first quiz about prenatal tests with flying colors, let's see how well you do with these follow-up Read more
Expectant parents often tear up the first time they see their babe-to-be in utero, but the image is not guaranteed to have the same effect on others. Some people use sonogram photos to help break their baby news while others take it a step further and turn them into cuff links. A pregnant mama may go gaga over this t-shirt option. For $25, she can turn her stomach into a fishbowl of sorts to show Read more
It's amazing to get that first glimpse of your impending babe. While seeing that everything is alright allows parents-to-be to breathe a big sigh of relief and celebrate, the photos of the fetus usually end up on the fridge, in a frame or tucked into an album. One company is turning the precious pictures into cufflinks ($65) so proud mamas and papas can showcase up to two images of their Read more
A regular at the nonstress test clinic, the staff and I have become rather familiar with each other. Yesterday, however, I met a new clinician in training. Nice as could be, she was clearly not as experienced as the other ladies. First, she squirted ice cold gel on my belly instead of the typically warmed substance. As she began to rub the wand over my stomach, I told her that we were keeping the Read more
