12 week scan

So I had my next scan which was to screen for the likelihood of down syndrome, and typical pregnancy brain struck again.

I lost my referral for the ultrasound and so I was a bit stressed and up till past midnight trying to find it. No luck. I couldn’t quite remember where the clinic was, but I knew it was right near my Obstetricians. So great plan in mind, I leave slightly earlier and go to Obstetrican, get another referral and on to clinic. Plan worked well initially, got to the clinic for my appointment at 8.45am………..which they then informed me it was actually at 8.25am (ugh, well I couldn’t be blamed too much since I lost the referral letter, with the appointment time, remember 😉 at least I got the right day!). But they were fine to do my scan anyway.

Thought it was quite amusing that it didn’t take long for the receptionist to work out that she had done my balance classes before. Small world huh?

Anyway, on to the scan. I hadn’t been able to remember exactly how much I was supposed to drink before the scan, but I knew I was supposed to have a full bladder. In the mornings liquid seems to go straight through me and I fill up quickly, so I was careful with how much I drank. I had 1 glass about 7.30am, then I had sips of water from my drink bottle on the way. I was busting by the time I got there, although that doesn’t always mean much, cuz baby seems to press on my bladder all the time.

Sooo, when I got there the scanner lady asked me if I’d had 2 glasses of water 1 or 2 hours beforehand……….ugh, not really, but I said I was busting. She was worried and said I may need to wait if my bladder wasn’t full enough. Turned out there was absolutely no worry, cuz my bladder actually matched how I felt…….it was very full!

The scan was beautiful, it’s amazing seeing bubs on the screen. Wasn’t quite as active this time and I think baby might have been snoozing. If baby takes after mum and dad that’d be no surprise that it’s not a morning person!

The problem only came when scanner lady needed to measure the back of the neck for the down syndrome screening thingy. Baby was in the wrong position, so she starts poking my belly trying to get baby to move. No luck. Neck, she has me doing different things to make baby move……..lift up my hips and drop them suddenly on the bench, rotate hips vigorously side to side and then finally she got me to go to the loo to empty HALF my bladder (do you know how HARD this is?).

All to no avail. Baby was fast asleep it seems. It’d move for a bit but then roll right back over into the same position. So more vigorous hips rolls and lifts, laying on my side, another trip to the loo to empty HALF my bladder again (????). Finally it seems we managed to get baby in the right position for the measurement.

Scanner lady commented that our baby was being stubborn……..doesn’t sound like it’s mum or dad at all! 😆

The good news is at the end of this all, not alone did we get a little bit of it on DVD, but also there’s a very low risk of down syndrome, so no need to do further testing. YAY!

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