Jelly on the wand, and the image looks like algae. Somehow the sonographer sees all. The placenta looks solid to the untrained eye, but those in the know call it chorionic villi. Maybe a cervical approach, maybe abdominal, says the technician. The fetus hangs out in the middle of the road.
Doc comes in the door.
He's short of stature and head of the department. He's sure an abdominal approach would be easiest, given the fetus, the placenta, and the lay of the land. He laughs when you tell him you heard residents do the procedure. We don't even let attendings do this. You sit bolt upright.