Somewhat OT: New tech allows mom to hold "fetus"

Is it me on percs or is something up with the now deleted (somewhat deleted) man thread...I posted and it isn't there, but it is under my recent posts.  I thought there were 2 pages, but now there are one.  I don't think mine would have been pulled for using the F word...

Laurie

It's still there.  I did a final blow and if you look at my latest posts you can see pg 2.

Good one!  I wonder why I am not getting a page 2.  I had to look through your latest posts.  Hopefully he is gone for good.  I need to go to bed, my head is starting to spin.  Night.

Laurie

I think its cool. After ttc for years and we got pg with Emma the tech gave me a tiny little plastic baby as a congratulations for making it. Of course at the time it wasn't 'actual' size...but it was a sweet gesture and made it feel pretty real to be pg. Like you andrea I think it would be neat to feel the actual weight and see the actual size.

You know on Fertilityfriend.com they have this ticker for your growing baby and they show the size in comparison to fruits. To me that is strange....this month your baby is the size of a banana, or a cantaloupe. Maybe working in a grocery store gives me a warped sense about it. lol Shari

What to expect book said to check out a 1 lb bag of sugar because that's how big my baby (babies) is now in size and weight.  SO, I went to Walmart and found a 2 lb bag and lifted it to see what it felt like!  LOL!  I just had to know....Hey, to each their own!  :-)

Sandy

I can understand the curiosity of wanting to do this.  When I had my son at 31 weeks my daughters could not go in the NICU for a few days after he was born.  It was very difficult explaining to them that he is soooooo tiny and the doctors are taking care of him..blah blah blah....sooooooo this may sound bizarre, but to give them an idea of how big he was, I took them to the store and we went to the meat department.  I found those tubes of meat and one that was 3 pounds (son weighed 3 pounds 1 ounce)...I had them each hold it so they could see how "big" he was.  Also, his little leg band fit around my ring finger, so I took off my rings and showed them how big his little ankle/leg was.  

I personally am not that curious, so I probably would not be into this sort of thing, but I do understand where some people could be into it.  I sure felt wierd comparing my son to hamburger....lol...but it worked at the time for my girlies!  LOL

Laura 

 This is weird, but I could see it being fascinating to my other children. They are always wanting to know how big the baby is.

Melanie