The scan itself went really well! It was done by a nurse and was basically a standard ultrasound. The main difference was that it was about 30 minutes long, as opposed to 5-10 minutes for the others we've had. But we're not complaining! We got to watch our little boy kicking and chewing and squirming for that whole time! The nurse took tons of pictures and measurements of the four chambers of the heart and checked the amount/direction of blood flow to and from the heart color-coded in flashing blue and red patches.
And everything looks perfect! The doctor did say that we have to remember that they were looking at a heart the size of a grape and that they were unable to see tiny holes and imperfections. However, the blood flow, chambers, arteries and heart beat all look perfect! Praise God!
Also, it looks like we have a little personality forming, too! Baby D was laying with his head on my right and looking up, in the breech position. At one point, the nurse took the wand off my belly to put more jelly on and went to look again, and he had flipped completely over! She said he must have turned because he was annoyed at her poking him all about. Who knows where he gets that defiant, strong-willed streak?
We did get some pictures out of it - a full-body shot showing his head to the left, his arm above his tummy and his legs to the right.
And a great profile shot showing his little ear, nose, lips and chin. A few people have said that it looks like he has Nick's nose. I'm worried I see flickers of my Pop-Pop's ears, though! 
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You guys that's so awesome. Odd as it may sound...it does sort of look like Nick's nose.
So describe these wagons...were they giant wagons, like gurney sized?
If so how do I get one?
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