20 Week Scan day

We had our 20 weeks scan today (20.2 days pregnant though!)

There is great news - the baby has all his/her organs, the heartbeat sounded and looked great, the baby has a great little face with all the right bits, lips etc seem fine - the midwife doing the scan didn't see any abnormalities at all.

We had a good look at the spine, hips, kidneys, heart - everything looks just great.

For me, from my rubbish viewing position, I couldn't see much more than a few blobs really, and the spine looked a lot like a kipper's bones .... BUT I am assured that it was all good, and Iain really enjoyed the images on the screen. I personally feel a far greater connection to the baby moving inside me, and the weight of the baby as I move - and specially when I am still!! I share every breath with the baby, we share our food quite bizarrely --- the baby appears to be helping me with my food issues .... HOW???? Anyway, I suppose it's to be expected, symbiotic and all that.

We do have to go back on Thursday next week for another scan as it wasn't possible to make the baby turn around, and so all the heart measurements (necessary for the hospital's study we are participating in) could not be made. So we are hoping to find out if we have a son or daughter NEXT WEEK now.

The baby was shy and kept putting his/her hands on his/her face!!

Can you wait???

(we can)