It's two days since I had my first EVER ultrasound scan to see the development of my growing baby...
At 10am on Sunday, 9 January I was desperate for a pee, and walking into the scanning room to meet the Sonographer with my very nervous husband. Don't get me wrong, I was a bag of nerves too, but by reading a magazine in the waiting room, instead of knawing at my nails and rocking in the plastic seat... I looked like I was holding it together at least.
Nothing can prepare you for the moment you step inside the scanning room and see the screen and the couch prepped for you to lay on. 101 questions had run through my mind ahead of the appointment, including:
1. What if there is no baby?
2. Will there be a heartbeat?
3. What if there is more than one baby?
4. Will it be moving on the screen?
The answers? There was. There was. There was one. And it most certainly did!
It was such a relief to see an actual baby on the screen, as I was starting to think that my slight tightening of trousers was just down to too much over indulgence over the Christmas period. I was scared that my work stress, moving house and the slightest of upset may have harmed my growing baby. And if there was more than one baby - could I cope? Would I carry them full-term, and what if I'd need a caesarean without a choice?
I've seen scans on the TV (Stacey on EastEnders) where women see their baby on the Sonographer's screen and smile with happiness with love at their partners. So, it's with great pleasure that I share the fact that the hub and I were not quite like that. We were shaking, crying and half giggling all at the same time and he rather excitedly pointed out to me: "The baby's got your chin!" Nice. I'm so glad that my chin was pointed out to the lovely Sonographer.
The whole experience was overwhelming and absolutely AMAZING. Luckily, I was allowed to empty my bladder to go for a pee midway, as the two pints of water I needed to guzzle beforehand was restricting the baby from moving to the right angle. Longest. Pee. Ever.
I didn't need to worry about the baby not moving - it was practically bodypopping. Both the hub and I never imagined we would see a nose, ears, arms, legs and spine so clearly! We couldn't help but think: 'we made that.'
If anyone ever thought twice about having a scan after the 12th week... really do think it through, as at this stage in my life... I never thought I could feel so happy. Obviously there is the worry beforehand, and not everyone comes out smiling (or in my husband and my case - it was probably hard to tell when we came out anyway). You may even like to leave it for nature to take it's course... totally an individual choice... but boy, it's a miracle what you can see with technology today.
I now feel so much closer to the human being growing inside me.
Weight: 59kg
Blood taken for Down's Syndrome test (scan all looks promising though!)
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