We found out our baby was a boy VERY early on, and due to some complications, we get to see our boy on the small screen (ultrasound) quite often. Thus, when we learned you can get 3D/4D ultrasounds done (outside the doctor's office), we dismissed it right away. We thought we could save one surprise and see what this little guy looked like until I delivered.
Until I saw a Groupon for one, and I started wondering.... Wouldn't Baby Mac like it if I had real 3D shots of his face, and a DVD of him moving around when he grew up? Operating under a, life with no regrets mentality, I bought the Groupon with high hopes.
Going into the session, I was nervous. What if baby boy looked weird and I would get freaked out. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I had reason to be cautious. What. a. joke. First of all, Baby Mac was not positioned in a way to capture a frontal shot, so the lady tried to get a shot of his profile. He just would NOT face us (clearly he is smarter than we are and didn't want this to be his first impression). Furthermore, the 3D technology is so poor that the whole time you are looking at it, it looks like the baby's skin is made of liquid and bubbling around. Freaky! So yes, he looked weird. Not probably because he looks weird in real life, but the technology is just not there yet. We left with a very poor picture of the side of his face (kind of) but his skin looks all bubbly and full of craters (due to the poor technology - couldn't get one still shot), and a poor quality DVD of him kind of moving around but you can't really tell its him.
I know it was my idea, but I admit, I was wrong. My advice - save your money and use it towards the nursery! (Which is coming along beautifully but I'm not ready to post pictures just yet).
Anyone else have better luck with 3D/4D?
Until I saw a Groupon for one, and I started wondering.... Wouldn't Baby Mac like it if I had real 3D shots of his face, and a DVD of him moving around when he grew up? Operating under a, life with no regrets mentality, I bought the Groupon with high hopes.
Going into the session, I was nervous. What if baby boy looked weird and I would get freaked out. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I had reason to be cautious. What. a. joke. First of all, Baby Mac was not positioned in a way to capture a frontal shot, so the lady tried to get a shot of his profile. He just would NOT face us (clearly he is smarter than we are and didn't want this to be his first impression). Furthermore, the 3D technology is so poor that the whole time you are looking at it, it looks like the baby's skin is made of liquid and bubbling around. Freaky! So yes, he looked weird. Not probably because he looks weird in real life, but the technology is just not there yet. We left with a very poor picture of the side of his face (kind of) but his skin looks all bubbly and full of craters (due to the poor technology - couldn't get one still shot), and a poor quality DVD of him kind of moving around but you can't really tell its him.
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| Bubbly baby. |
I know it was my idea, but I admit, I was wrong. My advice - save your money and use it towards the nursery! (Which is coming along beautifully but I'm not ready to post pictures just yet).
Anyone else have better luck with 3D/4D?
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