i had a 3d ultrasound with my 1st son (paid for in Toronto)... it was an expeirence, but i'm not sure it was worth the money (like 325CAD a few years back) we got a few pictures (actual polarid type ones, not those paper ones) and a dvd of the experience... was cool tho
a few months later i stopped feeling him move in my tummy... went into the hospital to get put on the monitors and eventually they did another u/s... a 3d one... turns out his cord was wrapped around the neck 3x and had to come out via csection that night (after 11 days in the hospital (4 on a vent), he's fine other than being a little wild and at times a poster child for ADHD lol), i could have saved the money for the 3d u/s, they would have given me a video of it if i asked (i didn't really want too many memories of the day, too upset about it all and such)...
with my baby, we had the u/s down in jamaica to determine the gender at 15-16w... it was a 3d u/s (although they did the gender determination and all the measurements in 2d mode).. guess it's easier that way? cost was like 5000J i think... was reasonable... they did want a note from my dr in canada to proceed... they reconfirmed his manhood (son's not hubbys lol) during my mid-term ultrasound a few weeks later up here in Toronto...
i think some standard labs do offer 3d u/s now, although all the measurements and such that they need to take will be done in 2d mode like mine were... you can ask them if they have 3d capabilities and to switch so you can see/have pics if they do... ask your OB, (s)he might know which regular labs have it... i think there's one by finch and vic park that does...
edit.. it's a special class of labs that have the 3D ones now that i remember... if i remember what they are called i'll let you know... level 2 maybe? i did have one for my baby at like 34 or 35ish weeks because he was measuring off the charts... turned out to just be the way i was carried his big bottom, but i remember asking her to put on the 3d mode and her saying something like baby is too big and head down, you won't get a good picture... i was too tired to plead with her that day, but was disappointed about it still... maybe you'd have better luck? Finch and Vic Park was where that was done... in the plaza on Finch by the pizza pizza
