Wednesday, January 07, 2009

My little alien!

I had my NT scan today. I didn’t know what to expect seeing as though I didn’t take this test route with the other two. Apparently I was low risk. I didn’t really expect there to be a high age risk this time but seeing as though I now have a ‘3’ in my age I thought I would give it a go – any excuse to see the baby.

I was nervous but that goes without saying really – I’m kinda nervous about all things this pregnancy. Lucky I have my little Doppler handy (I purchased it during my pregnancy with Lily). It’s meant that any time a wave of doubt pops up in my mind I just get my trusty friend the Doppler and search until I can find the baby’s heartbeat and listen blissfully to the sound of the horses running. I first heard the heartbeat on Boxing Day and boy that was a relief. Once little bubs starts kicking me hard my need to gravitate towards the Doppler will no doubt decrease.

Even though I’ve heard the heart beat many times there is sometimes doubt...what if it’s not ok? What if there is something wrong? I’m sounding like a broken record huh? Anyway, seeing #3 baking away in there today was so great. Bubbles (as s/he shall now be called) was moving around at just the right pace. The sonographer had no problems getting all the measurements. The nuchal fold test was 1.5mm which was perfect. Bubbles was measuring one day less then my due date which is 3 days better then it was measuring at the 7 week scan. Perfect.

They were running 30 minutes behind so by the time we finished I couldn’t really wait around for the results as I had to go back to work (I had already been gone 2 hours!). The lady was nice though and quickly worked them out and apparently I have a low risk for Downs Syndrome at 1:11,924. That’s a relief. She will send all my results and pics off to my doctor and I’ll pick them up on the weekend. Before leaving though I insisted she give me some pictures so that I could show Byron and Lily their new brother or sister.

Byron thought she looked like a girl. He really wants a baby sister. Lily said boy – but she says boy for everything. I’m leaning towards girl but I’m not sure why – I was so wrong with Byron though! Anyway, without further ado, here is my little Bubbles...


Who would have thought that a little alien like creature could cause me so much grief? I should have known huh? It’s not like the two that came before were any nicer to their mummy while baking. It's ok little one...mummy still loves you! See you in 7 more weeks. xxx