It felt like it took forever for this appointment to roll around! I had spent the entire first trimester of my pregnancy worrying more about myself than my incubating offspring. Once I had been told of all the wonderful and not-so-wonderful things this 20 week full anatomy scan could reveal the anxiety set in!
- "She'll be able to tell you if baby has any deformities!"
- "She goes through each organ to make sure it is functioning as it should be!"
- "She checks to see that each limb is where it is meant to be!"
This was my friends giving me some insight as to what to expect from the scan! As well meaning as they may have been the thoughts kept rolling through my mind, "What if it's NOT good news?".
Despite my worry, the appointment was amazing! We met Dr. Julie Rawlins at the door to her practice. After the mandatory paperwork we followed her through to her consult room where she explained the scan a bit more and then let me lie down on the bed and the scan began, it is always amazing to see the black and white image of a mini-human show up on the screen! As promised we went through each and every limb, appendage and organ stopping briefly, Julie explained what each and every detail meant. She diplomatically used words like 'normal' and 'just as it should be' to describe our June Berry.
We got to see him grabbing his feet with his hands, rolling around, the basic structure of his face, a beautiful image of his foot with all it's 5 toes (to my absolute relief) and she again confirmed 500% that we are going to be having a little boy(this was dads favourite part!). A truly amazing part of the scan was when we got, not only to hear the heart beat, but also to SEE the heart beating, a close up of all four chambers perfectly performing the lub-dub motion at a very 'normal' rate.
We were told baby is weighing approximately 440g! Which, according to my calculations, means that he has to become SEVEN times his current size over the next 18 weeks! Grow little man grow!!!
Mom and Dad left the rooms on a total high feeling confident and comfortable that everything was 'just as it should be', we had a celebratory Milo before heading back to our 'normal' lives.
Also known as anomaly scan, also known as a mid-pregnancy scan.
