Here at Wonder Time, we are well known for helping expectant parents find out their baby’s gender. With our ultrasound machine’s HD Live 5D capability, we can also show parents their baby’s face in beautiful detail, sometimes even catching a yawn or smile on the 4D video. However, the most satisfying moment that we share with our clients is… showing them their baby’s heartbeat for the very first time. Some OB/GYN doctors will offer a scan for viability, early in your pregnancy, but a lot of them won’t. It can feel like a very long time between finding out that you’re pregnant and seeing that little heartbeat on the ultrasound screen. If your doctor is not able to show you your baby as early as you would like- we are happy to help. We want to be there with you, in that first moment, seeing your baby for the very first time. So we decided to create our Free Gummy Bear session. It provides a quick 3-5 minute peek at baby, and usually gains us new clients, eager to come back and see us for an early gender scan, or for 3D and 4D images in the third trimester.
This is what baby looks like on ultrasound at almost 8 weeks:
What is the Free Gummy Bear session like?
The session is performed between 6 weeks and 10 weeks. Baby’s heart doesn’t begin beating until 5 weeks and 5 days of pregnancy, so we wait until 6 weeks, to make sure that we have a good chance of seeing it. At this stage, baby is called a “fetal pole” and looks very much like a grain of rice. The middle of the baby has a little “flicker” seen on ultrasound, which is the heart beating. We can measure the heart rate using M-Mode, but it is too early to hear the heartbeat. Technically speaking, we could listen, but the doppler of the ultrasound machine is considered too powerful at this early stage of development. Because we are an elective procedure, we opt for the safest and most minimally invasive ultrasound. During your session, we will also measure the baby- a simple measurement of length, called the “Crown Rump Length” or CRL. This gives us a length in centimeters, and an estimate of how many weeks and days baby is measuring.
This is what baby looks like on ultrasound at almost 10 weeks:
So why do we give away a free ultrasound?
Once again, we love to introduce ourselves to new clients by gifting them what may be the most enjoyable ultrasound that they will have throughout this pregnancy. We are so excited to see that little heart beating, to do a quick measurement, and to talk to you about other options and packages that we offer. It is our belief that everyone that comes to Wonder Time will become a fan for life, telling all of their family and friends good things about our business.
