This morning we had the ultrasound that looks at the baby’s organs, legs, arms, head and face to see if everything looks ok. It was so wonderful to see the baby so clearly, though it does look very much like an alien! Still, the sonographer said that everything looked fine. She took lots of measurements and photos. We saw the baby’s bladder, kidneys (hard to make out), diaphragm, heart, cerebellum, head (different angles), face, lips, spinal chord, hands, bones of both forearms, humerus bones, both femur bones, the bones of both lower legs, feet, the entire length of each leg so you could see the knee as well, the umbilical chord, blood flow in and around the heart, checked the valves of the heart open and close, checked the heart rate, and checked blood flow in and around the umbilical chord. The heart beat was 150 beats per minute (at the NT scan it was 164 beats per minute) which is apparently fine. The entire session took just under an hour, and both Andrew and I walked out with big smiles on our faces. The sonographer didn’t think that the doctor would want us to go back for any reason, but she said if he did want another view of something that we shouldn’t take it as a bad sign and it’s just that he’s not there seeing the entire scan and only gets to see the photos she took. The sonographer also said that the estimated due date doesn’t change with her measurements, but they all showed the due date to be around February 6, so that’s about spot on really!
The sonographer didn’t say anything about the baby’s gender, and didn’t ask us if we wanted to know, so we aren’t any the wiser on that topic.
yay… scan went well. An hour must have been great. Was thinking of you. We got 10min and a fairly disinterested sonographer, but everything looks good and we were surprised how developed it is. have next scan at 20 weeks but will be home in NZ, so have to arrange stuff.