Preserving your ultrasound photos...

[Cheryl Haggard]

Did you know that your ultrasound photos will fade in just a few years? To preserve these images of your babies, you will need to copy them onto a high quality photo paper. I also suggest taking the ultrasound photos and having them scanned onto a CD file. This way you have a "hard" copy of them. You can do this at home if you have the equipment or at any photo developing lab. I know Wal-mart and Walgreens can do this.

Below are some of Maddux's ultrasound photos. These are scanned originals.
Photo1: Is the very first image we have of our "baby."
Photo2: During my Amnio, they did alot of images. This was the first day we officially met our son, and called him by name. Maddux.
Photo3: His beautiful face...
Photo4: I was in Keystone that day...I'll never forget, January 1st, 2005. I slipped and fell on some ice. (Not easy to see when your bellys sticks so far out...) I thought I had broken my water, and was transported to Summit Medical Center. They did some testing and one of those 3D ultrasounds. Here is Maddux's hand waiving hello to me.

[erinm]

Cheryl,
How do you copy them onto high quality photo paper?

Erin

[Patrick_Hutchinson]

Erin,
There are a couple of ways to copy your ultrasound images onto photo paper. If you have a scanner, you can scan them and upload them to a lab for printing. A couple of options are www.mpix.com or www.walmart.com/photo-center. If you don't have a scanner, you can take them to a local photo processing center (Wal Mart, Sam's Club, Walgreens, etc.) and use their photo kiosk to scan them. Make sure that the kiosk you use will upload them to their mini-lab for printing. Most stores have a couple of different kiosks. Some of them print from the kiosk on a dye sublimation printer and others will print from the mini-lab. Don't use the dye sublimation printer...the prints do not last as long. If you are confused about which one to use, just tell them you want the prints to come from their mini-lab.

Regards,
Patrick

[Kirk Kief]

Another way you can do it, is to take them to most any portrait studio and ask them to make a copy negative, or digital File(hi resolution Tiff). Then also ask them to print a 4x5 or 5x7 for you. This service normally is not real expensive.

[courtneylambert]

In our bereavement program, we offer to scan all of the ultrasound photos to CD and can even include them in the DVD video at the parent's request.

[Jane Eaton Hamilton]

And please remember to copy those CDs and DVDs more than once because sometimes discs fail, and to redo discs every year or so, and to transfer the images to any new technology that comes along as it comes along.

[ethansmommy]

Very smart idea thanks for the tip!

[ethansmommy]

thanks for sharing ur ultra sound pics they are beautiful!